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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Yeah, trading him now would require a trade partner who can take the cap hit and send a starter-caliber DT back for him. Pretty slim list there.
Basically, you’d need a front office to do something stupid, too.
Picks plus a player and then pay the guy, too? Hard to see someone being that silly.
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Presumptively any team that trades for him does it with a new contract and can take on the deal pretty easily.
I'd think $10 million or better in space would be enough to get him a new deal and get him under it.
I mean lets say you're the Jags and you think you can win now with a QB still on a rookie contract. And you've got a guy who would WRECK as a 3-tech in that 3-5 system (and has done so, in fact).
And you have, say, DaVon Hamilton who obviously isn't Chris Jones or anything resembling him, but he's starting caliber. Though he did just have a back issue pop up on him so maybe you're looking at Fatukasi or Roy Roberston-Harris. Again - neither of them are exceptional but they can be short term contributors.
Now I'm not saying it's an obvious yes, but you offer them Jones for Hamilton (physical pending) and a 1st and 3rd - maaaaaybe?
It's not ideal by any means - I REALLY wouldn't want to be playing him in the post-season. But it's also not the only option out there. There are options if we had to go that route. Jones is 100% scheme versatile. You can send him to a 3-4 team or even a 4-3 team looking for a DE (where he was actually quite good last season when used out there).
Any team could use him and many teams could afford him.
But it's obviously a last resort scenario.