Some still think he was worth a 1st round pick.
Market dictates value, it's plain and simple. With the glut of tackles slated to go early, we were a victim of circumstance more than anything.
Why sign a once great, but still probably very good LT with a lot of baggage, when you can have a 1st round rookie LT?
I Was all for keeping him around until the start of the season if necessary to wait it out and see who would end up desperate enough due to injury, or one of those rookies couldn't handle it.
But hearing TW sabotaged the trade offer the Vikings made after hearing what Tunsil was paid, I was pretty much done with him.
Now that he's gone? Yeah, f**k him!
On april 25th 2020 we werent gonna get a 1st. There was a report by dan Patrick that we could and i admitted of that came to fruition i would eat crow.. but it wasnt gonna happen.
This narrative of hating on smith and rivera for our return is unfair. Allen screwed this up and they did the best they could with a situation that was not fixable.