IN hindsight would you trade Jordan to Philly?

[normaniii]

Rumour was, Chip Kelly wanted to be reunited with his 3-4 OLB Dion Jordan and was willing to offer Brandon Graham, a DE best suited to a 4-3, plus a 2nd round pick.

I said back then I would take it but understood the salary cap issues and the reason why we did not. In hindsight would you make that trade considering the players who were available in draft from Phillys pick to our pick of Jarvis Landry:-

2	42	PHI	Jordan Matthews	WR	22	2014	0	0	0			7									29	273	2				Vanderbilt
2	43	NYG	Weston Richburg	OL	23	2014	0	0	1			7															Colorado St.
2	44	BUF	Cyrus Kouandjio	OL	21	2014	0	0	0			0															Alabama
2	45	SEA	Paul Richardson	WR	22	2014	0	0	0			6									7	60	0				Colorado
2	46	PIT	Stephon Tuitt	DE	21	2014	0	0	0			8															Notre Dame
2	47	WAS	Trent Murphy	LB	23	2014	0	0	0			8												5			Stanford
2	48	BAL	Timmy Jernigan	DT	22	2014	0	0	0			4												1			Florida St.
2	49	NYJ	Jace Amaro	TE	22	2014	0	0	0			8									32	285	1				Texas Tech
2	50	SDG	Jeremiah Attaochu	LB	21	2014	0	0	0			4												5		1.0	Georgia Tech
2	51	CHI	Ego Ferguson	DT	23	2014	0	0	0			8												5		2.0	LSU
2	52	ARI	Troy Niklas	TE	22	2014	0	0	0			4									1	16	0	2			Notre Dame
2	53	GNB	Davante Adams	WR	21	2014	0	0	0			8									24	263	2	1			Fresno St.
2	54	TEN	Bishop Sankey	RB	22	2014	0	0	0			8						75	302	1	8	64	0				Washington
2	55	CIN	Jeremy Hill	RB	21	2014	0	0	0			7						50	195	3	13	131	0	1			LSU
2	56	DEN	Cody Latimer	WR	21	2014	0	0	0			2															Indiana
2	57	SFO	Carlos Hyde	RB	24	2014	0	0	0			7						48	161	2	6	12	0				Ohio St.
2	58	NOR	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	CB	24	2014	0	0	0			3															Nebraska
2	59	IND	Jack Mewhort	OL	23	2014	0	0	1			6												1			Ohio St.
2	60	CAR	Kony Ealy	DE	22	2014	0	0	0			7												4		1.0	Missouri
2	61	JAX	Allen Robinson	WR	21	2014	0	0	0			8									39	453	2	2			Penn St.

This is how I would have chosen.

I like Kouandijio but feel he wouldn't suit our ZBS.
I like Carlos Hyde but after signing Moreno I would have gone elsewhere.
I would have chosen Jack Mewhort. Although I feel there is better value, IMO he best suited need and system.

In essence would I prefer Graham & Mewhort or Jordan with no cap penalty.

In hindsight I would stick with Jordan. Graham is a one year deal, thus next year you are choosing Mewhort and cap issue over Jordan.

Maybe long winded but thought id be honest and state my thought process.

 

[datruth55]

Who said Brandon Graham was best suited as a DE in the 4-3? I've always seen him as a 3-4 OLB since his days at Michigan.

There's no way we could have traded Jordan and not taken a huge hit in the salary cap...almost $5.6 million against the cap.

 

[tcdrover]

NO way, after paying him for his draft position common sense demands that you do everything you can to make that a worthwhile investment.

If Wake goes out for the year, or if there are any serious injuries at DE, he is there poised to make his push

 

[psfign]

hindsight is never more than a few months old on FH.

 

[Zounds]

Trading Dion Jordan after his first year would have netted us a $10 million cap hit in dead money......just to trade him, and then we also assume the salaries of whoever we receive. That's all you need to know really.

 

[So Be]

Trading Dion Jordan after his first year would have netted us a $10 million cap hit in dead money......just to trade him, and then we also assume the salaries of whoever we receive. That's all you need to know really.

Yeah, $5M this year and $5M next year, and for what?

 

[mega-fin-love]

Jordan blows...........but no it would not have been worth it

 

[artdnj]

In hindsight I wished we never picked him at all, but as they say it's 20/20 so let's work him up so we get the value we put out.

 

[Hayden Fox]

No. The cap ramifications made it impossible.

 

[Gsmack_42]

In hindsight I wouldn't of married my ex

 

[DolfanISS]

Well obviously he's going to see his fair share of snaps. Why don't we wait and see what kind of an impact, if any be can make. I admit I'm pessimistic it's a very big one but the proof will be in the pudding. Seems like Jordan is the guy who spells Vernon.

 

[royalshank]

Let's see what the kid has first, no? We can't tell yet.

 

[KevInMotion]

In hindsight I wouldn't of married my ex

Comment of the year!

 

[normaniii]

In hindsight I wouldn't of married my ex

Hope your wife don't read this lol

 

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