11-27-2019, 03:33 PM
(11-27-2019, 01:47 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote:(11-27-2019, 12:52 PM)iolide Wrote: Excuse the ignorance guys, but, I'd honestly like to know how valuable the exception is?We used some of it in the offseason, can't remember who it was partially used for. The amount left is $11.8M. We can only use it in a trade with 1 single player coming back and we cannot combine it with any of our players outgoing. The amount cannot go over the value of the TE. I looked yesterday for guys that might be at that level, but the thing is, they're all mostly what we have already and mostly in the $9-10M range.
I remember a few months back seeing people say that exceptions are worth much anymore or don't hold the same value. Is that true?
In what way could you use the exception in a trade?
As I was looking, the best I could come up with as a target was Jerami Grant. I see him as on par with what we got currently, although I'm really low on Powell, and I was already low on him before. Biggest problem with him is the FO seemingly giving his play a pass. I think he'd be just fine on the bench with a lower contract. Not sure why he got a bigger one than Maxi as the two of them are basically on par with eachother, I just like defense more so I lean toward Maxi.
If you want to follow the exercise I did yesterday, I just brought up all the teams on the espn trade checker and looked for guys in the $8.5-11.5M range on each roster.
Why would someone give us a good player like Grant for free? Denver actually paid a first round pick for him. You can only hope to use TE to absorb a bad contract in exchange for picks. So look at Felicio or Exum type of contracts. I think first rounder is unlikely to take this kind of contract.