Agreed, but I think an eventual Jamo trade is a realistic conversation to be had.
I think Jamo is part of the city. He loves it here and spends most of the off season here. He isnât going anywhere. If anyone gets traded it would be Kirby. We canât afford to pay two top notch safeties. I love Kirby but to pay him and branch would be crazy.
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This is what I was saying weeks ago in the Tee Higgins thread! $30 mill for JAMO when you have all those mouths to feed seems untenable. Jamo is very talented, but those other guys have actually produced on the field more. JAMO has had suspensions, injuries, slow development. Iâm not trying to knock him, heâs come a long way and worked hard. He broke out some last year. Stats were pretty good and what he does is rare. But if I had to choose one guy among all those guys to let go, itâd be JAMO as the sacrificial lamb.
The question really is, in regard to trading him: how would it benefit the Lions to trade him this year instead of next (pretending thatâs the plan)? Or at all? If Iâm playing devilâs advocate, I would say he is coming off a year where he wasnât injured. He didnât get a suspension. Heâs on the ascent. Maybe this is selling high? But how does trading such a cheap contract this year make us better? Who are we getting in trade that makes up for it? If we are trying to reach the SB, there has to be some kind of justification that helps us next year.
Then the Lions donât care about the SB this year and everything Holmes has said about building a team is a lie.
They traded way up to get him. Heâs showing to be a real game changer. Why, on Earth, would they trade him with 2 years left on his current contract?
Honestly, tag him, then let him walk. Dickish, but that obscene speed will be waning by then.
Let the Cardinals pay for his retirement
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I didnât forget the comp pick. But the value of the comp pick - say, end of 3rd rd - doesnât compare to the value of what they could get for Jamo this year or next.
Again, I certainly donât think trading him this year will happen, and I donât think it should. Last yearâs bevy of defensive injuries robbed the Lions of a HUGE opportunity to get the Lombardi. Theyâre not about to undermine this yearâs opportunity by trading a key guy finally coming into his own. But I certainly hope the trade possibility is on their radar, if not in re Jamo then in re someone else they donât expect to hand a lucrative next contract to.
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All of that is fair, but then we shouldnt worry about losing him for nothing which was my only point?
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The issue I have with this trade is it is a pure money saving move. It doesnât improve the team this year and in fact makes it worse. We burn a top 15 pick on a WR instead of addressing our real need at defense. If this was Jamo straight up for the Cowboys 1st it makes more sense. Otherwise, ainât no way!
And why would you trade him at all? If nothing else you wait to see what he does this year. If he continues to progress along the lines of 1,400 yards and 8 touchdownsâthen maybe you pay him. Or maybe his trade value goes up to what a number 1 WR would command. To me, this suggestion has sell low all over it.
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ooooo 3.8 million, be still my heart
Iâm going to make a trade/cut/overrated Jamo thread every week. I need the clicks
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Yeah when I read these guys all I think is Iâm glad we got Brad and people here are not running the team. Jamo is a unicorn.
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I can assure you that Jamo being âpart of the cityâ has absolutely no bearing on if they re sign him. Hint: Theyâre not going to re sign him.
JAMO is more important then some of the other mouths. If he has no more offfield issues, continues to ascend and accepts what Brad offers, he will be here on a second deal. Lions were good w giving him a mid 20âs deal BEFORE the suspension last year. But Brad doesnt operate in guarantees, they always have contingincies. There are wrs they love earlier this yearâŚnothing is assumed. The only thing we can bet on is JAMO being traded this year is â â â â â â â stupid. Not happening. On the field his potential and ability is top 5 wr in the NFL.
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Yeah and payton, who is a joke, is being mocked by actual beat reporters for spitting out a clickbait article. That is all it isâŚclickbaitâŚrevenue pusher.
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I think the smart play with Jamo is to keep him this year and next and do a tag and trade in 2027 if we canât come to terms.
If he continues to ascend, you are talking about Tyreek Hill level compensation in a trade.
Iâm hardly a Jamo truther but it makes no sense to trade him for beans, even if they do draft WR. The only trade that kind of made sense was straight up for Thibodeaux
Whether they tag/re-sign, dunno.
ok Nostradamus , unless Jamo is too far up in age-theyâll re-sign him.-do you even watch the games all season?? Jamo was a big part of our 15 & 2 run, he has proved himself as a valuable part of this team-not some part time, half-ass, scrub ! stop with the bullfizzle man !
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Iâm not sure that author the type of company one wants to keep
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If you are that good at predicting the future and can speak with certainty on anything happening or not you shouldnât be on this forum cause your talents are wasted here.
Unless you have inside information, better than @QBHATER90 and others on this board, stfu and let life happen cause nothing is guaranteed in this life man.
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