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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 687886">Well, as I illustrated, circumstances did not align earlier to make that move compelling.Besides, what would anybody expect in a trade?Look at the Jamie Collins trade.  This is a young, impact player.  Cleveland gets him for the balance of this year on his cheap rookie deal ($500,000 in cap for the balance of the season), exclusive negotiating rights up until free agency, and an up close and personal evaluation of his play to decide what they're willing to pay.What did Cleveland give up?  Either a bottom of the 3rd. or top of the 4th. round pick.What would you have expected in a Sitton trade, a guy in the last year of a vet contract with back issues?Too much seems to always be made of trade value, where time and time again the only guys who might earn a high pick are the QBs,This complaint reminds me of the complaints following the failure to sign Flynn as a FA and then trade him ala the Belichick trade of Cassel, something hat happened 5 years earlier and has not been repeated since, probably because that trade skirted the rules.Losing out on a lower round pick probably qualifies as the least of anybody's concerns.</blockquote>

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