"Las Vegas Raiders Trade Darren Waller to the Giants
… they dealt Waller in what looks like a combination cost-/face-saving move.
McDaniels, you see, blabbed about Waller’s impending wedding to WNBA star Kelsey Plum during the coach’s combine press conference. Per Vic Tafur of The Athletic, Waller and Plum were hoping to keep the nuptials quiet and private. Thanks to McDaniels, the local press reported on the event.
You would think that it’s pretty easy to not disclose details about a player’s private life during a 12-minute podium interview with a bunch of reporters asking questions about your team’s quarterback situation, Josh Jacobs, and 100 other topics. You might also think that it’s easy to smooth over relations with one of your team’s stars after making what was probably just a thoughtless mistake. But McDaniels is too much of a faux Belichickian for your interpersonal dynamics! So Waller gets traded, Josh Jacobs gets mad, Plum fires shots on Twitter, and the whole organization looks unprofessional, disgruntled, and a little more ridiculous than usual.
The Waller trade is a modest success for the Giants, who get a 31-year-old (at the start of the 2023 season) tight end coming off two years of injuries who is unlikely to be part of the team’s long-term rebuild. But it’s a disaster for the Raiders, who demonstrated that they are as directionless now as they were under Jon Gruden, if not more so, and that McDaniels hasn’t changed all that much in the decade since he mismanaged the Broncos"
not for the Giants. It's not a glowing review on our side, painting it as getting a solid older player who can fill a role (but not a key long term building block). But the focus is more on how the Raiders front office messed up the relationship and I guess forced themselves into the trade - I didn't know about that.
That said, the list seems dated as one of the worst moves is Phi releasing Slay; which didn't end up happening.
... The Giants Offseason has been about a series of relatively small gambles. There hasn't been any 'top of the market' UFA signings, titanic trades, and even their biggest move (resigning Jones) was done with a variety of hedges if things don't work out.
So it makes sense that this was a modest win for the Giants. They got a player with some upside at a position of need for a modest investment - but they didn't get a super-duper-star or anything like that.
For the Raiders tho - if they really gave up Waller because their HQ stepped in it during a press conference. I mean, yikes. That's an awful way to do business.
Mickey Loomis has discovered a new salary cap magic trick: he waves his wand and the entire back ends of contracts disappear! Why worry about dead money and prorated bonuses when you can just ask the player to rip up his old contract and start over! It’s a cross between a debt consolidation loan, filing for bankruptcy, and begging your brother-in-law for money, and it only works if a player’s market value has plummeted on your dime, but it still works!
but only a modest improvement for us. ..... Doesn't make much sense.
Sure it does. It was avoidable on their end and costly to their organization. There Are major sunk costs from trading a player and the dead cap money that it involves. The payoff, on the other hand, likely isn’t amazing. He’s a 31 year old TE who has missed half his games in the last two years and in all likelihood, is on the wrong side of his career curve. It’s a relief to see a nuanced review of the trade.
… they dealt Waller in what looks like a combination cost-/face-saving move.
McDaniels, you see, blabbed about Waller’s impending wedding to WNBA star Kelsey Plum during the coach’s combine press conference. Per Vic Tafur of The Athletic, Waller and Plum were hoping to keep the nuptials quiet and private. Thanks to McDaniels, the local press reported on the event.
You would think that it’s pretty easy to not disclose details about a player’s private life during a 12-minute podium interview with a bunch of reporters asking questions about your team’s quarterback situation, Josh Jacobs, and 100 other topics. You might also think that it’s easy to smooth over relations with one of your team’s stars after making what was probably just a thoughtless mistake. But McDaniels is too much of a faux Belichickian for your interpersonal dynamics! So Waller gets traded, Josh Jacobs gets mad, Plum fires shots on Twitter, and the whole organization looks unprofessional, disgruntled, and a little more ridiculous than usual.
The Waller trade is a modest success for the Giants, who get a 31-year-old (at the start of the 2023 season) tight end coming off two years of injuries who is unlikely to be part of the team’s long-term rebuild. But it’s a disaster for the Raiders, who demonstrated that they are as directionless now as they were under Jon Gruden, if not more so, and that McDaniels hasn’t changed all that much in the decade since he mismanaged the Broncos"
That said, the list seems dated as one of the worst moves is Phi releasing Slay; which didn't end up happening.
So it makes sense that this was a modest win for the Giants. They got a player with some upside at a position of need for a modest investment - but they didn't get a super-duper-star or anything like that.
For the Raiders tho - if they really gave up Waller because their HQ stepped in it during a press conference. I mean, yikes. That's an awful way to do business.
Sounds like BBI's own - djm. ;)
Sure it does. It was avoidable on their end and costly to their organization. There Are major sunk costs from trading a player and the dead cap money that it involves. The payoff, on the other hand, likely isn’t amazing. He’s a 31 year old TE who has missed half his games in the last two years and in all likelihood, is on the wrong side of his career curve. It’s a relief to see a nuanced review of the trade.