Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Originally posted by Wubbie:
Jacoby Brissett is a benched QB3 on the last year of his deal. This is a one-year rental, while Lamar Jackson is injured. I imagine he's not going to cost much for the Ravens to trade for.
Mac Jones, after going 5-3 last year, was attractive to teams because he looked like he could execute an offense if he had a good surrounding cast. The thinking is that a strong team that just needed a QB could do well with him... in the same way that Sam Darnold was a reclamation project with us, and flourished with the Vikings and the Seahawks.
If a team traded for him in the offseason, they would've given Mac Jones a year to see if a decent QB can get them into the playoffs + audition for the long-term starting job.
I imagine a 3rd would've been decent compensation, but because we're a contending team... we'd rather have a quality backup than a 3rd round pick, so we set the asking price to a first rounder.
No, it's because Brissett is a 85 career passing QB like Mac Jones and will get traded for significant less compensation than we are asking.
If the league was high on Mac Jones to the point of him getting a Malik like contract he'd be gone for a 2nd or even a 3rd by now.
I'm guessing Brissett is going to be traded for a 6th/7th.
I think Jones is worth a 3rd. I think he slots in similarly to Darnold: a player who can win on a strong team and offensive coordinator, but not someone you build the franchise around.
But we wouldn't trade Jones for a 2nd/3rd, because we need him as insurance against a Purdy injury.
The only way Jones gets traded is if someone offered a 1st, and I think most of us would agree he's not worth a 1st.
