That would make sense
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I don’t mind picking up Scruggs, just to clarify.
But counting on him to now develop into a future starter seems like a bad idea.
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Hate this as a Monty fan. Make no mistake, he will be missed.
But the bottom line here is $$$.
The Lions are looking at their spreadsheets and trying to figure out how they are going to afford a free agent and/or sign their own guys.
Monty’s money is just the most obvious place to cut and backfill with a draft pick.
We’ll see who they sign, if it’s a big name then we’ll know why Monty was put on the block pre-free agency.
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Competition at least and maybe we can develop him.
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We’ll miss Monty so my heart hurts a bit, but he’s a 29 year old back with miles. This is a solid trade for Brad.
Oh, and clearly Monty wanted out.
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We paid depth price for him. Anything we get beyond that is gravy.
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Not a bad haul for a player who reportedly didn’t want to be in detroit anymore.
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Seems like just a throw in.
The trade is DMONT for a late 4th and we squeezed them for a little extra.
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They’re clearly trying to rebuild their OL too, so it’s worth a shot.
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For the 2nd year in a row.
They go about it the strangest way of any team in the league. And it’s not working. Really strange when you consider the stage of development their QB is in
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You do realize that we have the ability to bring in another back right?
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Definitely seems like we got fair compensation for him
If Texans OL is bad, Monty won’t make a big difference on their team anyway
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I would have been satisfied if we got only the 4th rounder. So yes, the extra dart throws are just gravy…I agree with you.
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That’s a strange statement considering we haven’t had the draft or FA yet.
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Honestly it sucks to lose DMO but very much I like this trade alot, 4th 7th and Scruggs is a good haul
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That’s not true, the bottom line is Monty wanted to be a more involved piece of an offense and the Lions did right by him (like they always do with the player) and granted a trade.
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Made no sense to me. How do you get a 4th round pick, a 7th round and and ANY player and call it “5th Round Value”
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You can bring in a cheap labor back but who’s to say this guy will be as intelligent as D-Moe? His mistake could cost Goof to end his season.
Happy with the compensation… We now have 3 backup guard/centers (GG, McLaughlin, and Juice) who could all start in a pinch… Lots of competition
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