White Elephant Sale (38 Viewers)

[Randy Jones]

After a few days of free agency I am reminded of a white elephant gift exchange. This is a game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item.

 

[GameBreaker]

 

[MikeyF]

I wouldn't say Reid, Johnson, or Young are amusing or impractical...

 

[Randy Jones]

I wouldn't say Reid, Johnson, or Young are amusing or impractical...

Note I said after after a few days. 2:3 were our own guys.

 

[Randy Jones]

Note I said after after a few days. 2:3 were our own guys.

Someone’s junk is another’s treasure. Like a flea market.

 

[WhoDat!5]

After a few days of free agency I am reminded of a white elephant gift exchange. This is a game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item.

 

[Randy Jones]

My wife goes out to flea markets and buys stuff. I ask her why she bought the stuff. She says it was a good price. I tell her we already had one or more of those things. Is what she bought better than what we had? Free agency is like buying second hand stuff.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

At least it's creative b***hing.

 

[Saint KayBee]

is this in reaction to the team signing velus jones

 

[Randy Jones]

Well, there is a serious thought in this opine. How often does hiring another team’s throwoffs really benefit our team? On the other hand, drafting, developing, and resigning our own guys seems to me a better route to take especially in the long run.
Keep in mind a team always tries to retain their best guys.
Back in 2006, the rebuild through free agency did work especially when we snatched Drew Brees. Even then he was considered damaged goods.

 

[Randy Jones]

is this in reaction to the team signing velus jones

Yes

 

[texasjefe]

Jones has speed and can play in multiple places: RB, WR, and Returner. His numbers on paper are good.
He's cheap. A 3rd round pick from 2022 in Chicago that went sideways in the lame Matt Eberflus tenure. Muffed and fumbled them into some losses.

He's an interesting roll of the dice on someone who could be not only depth, but be a joker on 5+ plays per game. He could be a rotational returner.

But he'll need to fix his brain/hands and he'll need to have a camp that makes him a candidate for gameday active roster.