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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jon" data-source="post: 878716" data-attributes="member: 15113">Economist here.  Thank you for this opportunity to be pedantic.I'm sure I had you at 'economist here', but let me go on.  In labor economics what teams pay is the player's price, how he plays is his utility, and how these relate is his value.  Given that the NFL is a business, this view is most certainly understood by GMs, and by this standard, Kirksey is a good value.From the Giants perspective, the margins are key.  They are paying more for an IL and expect better performance.   Is this trade off worth it to them?  What we think of Martinez and how his performance compares to Kirksey mean nothing.In football, however, passion and competitiveness run alongside the simple financials.  We like Blake, he's always a good teammate, and it is not likely we'll see much difference on the field with the new guy so we don't like the roster move.</blockquote>

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