Tall Midget wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
veganfan21 wrote:
I'd disagree about the importance of "precedence". Poles can't refuse an offer of a 3rd for example and tell Atlanta that Darnold was traded for more. Atlanta isn't going to say well you know what, you're right, here's an extra second. They don't care and the prior trades don't matter. Fields' value is based on how bad a team wants him relative to other options in the 2024 market.
Yep. This isn't a contract negotiation or even a HOF argument where precedent is a key element. Either there is a market for Fields where competition drives up his value or a 3rd is worth taking and moving on. I guess you could hope Pace has a say with the Falcons & negotiates against himself again like he did for Mitch. My guess is they have him tied to a chair with tape over his mouth until the draft though.
Agreed. If there were a second-round pick out there for Fields, he would be gone by now.
I agree with that but that should change with free agent market clarity.
Maybe. It will take multiple teams with significant interest to drive the price up. Who are those teams?
With Wendy's surge pricing in the news, I think you can apply a similar angle to Fields. Right now there is demand for QBs but the supply outpaces demand, so it drives his price down. Once better QBs (virtually all available QBs are better bets than Fields, except maybe QBs outside the top six or seven best prospects) sign with teams, Fields price will experience a slight uptick but even that's constrained because Poles has to unload him before the draft no exceptions, and teams know that. It's like reverse captive audience - the general value of a can of coke is like 2$ but on a plane it's 5$ because consumers have no other options. So Poles will find himself in a similar position but as a seller where he's held captive by his timeline, so he has to unload Fields at a lower price that will be determined by his disadvantageous circumstances. The best price Poles can demand for Fields requires Poles to hold on to him through the draft but he can't afford to do that, so it seems like Poles will never be able to command top dollar for Fields due to those broader dynamics.