MrDollarBills wrote:Luv those Knicks wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:The Jets had to give up a 6th round pick and money to get rid of Zach. That dead cap hit must have been mean if they had to resort to that
LOL, and looks like I eat crow on this one.
Swapped a 6th for a 7th, but even so. That's in the direction of ugly but probably a good move. Would have been bad chemistry to carry him into the pre-season workouts.
It is what it is at this point. There's no reason to take a bad cap hit if it can be avoided
What I'm reading is that the initial report got it backwards. Jets are giving up their compensation/7th rounder (I've seen it listed as both 256 and 257) and getting the Bronco's 6th rounder (couldn't find the number but it should be around 200, maybe late 190s).
EDIT. Jets are getting pick 207 for pick 256. Moving up 49 spots. I think that's originally the Niner's 6th rounder, not Denver's. Edit 2 - Sporting news says the Jets got pick 203. Whatever it is, they moved up a bit. Trading the 2nd last pick in the draft for a mid 6th rounder. And saving 2.75 off the cap. It's not much but it's something.
Denver gets to gamble on a guy who maybe doesn't belong in the NFL, but might . . . just maybe . . . get better.
Denver's going to have a fun camp trying to figure out which of their QBs should start. That might almost be fun to watch. Jets get something for dumping Zach. I'd give this trade for the Jets a C, maybe a C+, and for Denver . . . it's a hail Mary. I don't know how to grade a hail Mary until after the fact, so grade for Denver - incomplete with a "what the hell" thrown in. But, gun to my head, Denver gets a D.
It would be funny if they draft a QB and throw him in the mix this pre-season.
No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon