Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
. no gurantees of a huge extension but i digress. I speaking more of the timing of the surgery
Jimmy could have did what Dee Ford did to us.. he waited to have surgery after being traded and not really let it be known he needed surgery the whole time
MM talked about this on a recent pod…he spoke to a surgeon he said they won't rush into a surgery if it could be fixed with PT/rehab. They will always try that first…didn't heal, so surgery was the next option.
A trade would have never been approved if he didn't pass a physical which he wouldn't have with a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder. A team would have to know before the trade & be cool with it, clearly no team was.
Depending on the price, teams would've been fine with it.
Overall, Lynch did overate Jimmy's value some. I have no doubt we were looking at a 2nd round pick + extra ones, maybe even an extra 2nd. No team came close to offering that, we bluffed, and now here we are.
Where I give Lynch a pass though, is this is an unprecedented move for QBs in one offseason. You had about a half dozen teams that looked like good options for Jimmy, and all those teams got their QB.
Jimmy's true value around the league seems to have been a 3rd. Him and Ryan are very comparable at this point. Similar cap hits for this year, both would just be a bridge QB, and this stage of Ryan's career he's on par with Jimmy talent wise.
The rumor that I think had the most truth to it was Indy offering a 3rd and conditional 3rd early into FA.