Gresh & Fauria: Why the Patriots should trade Matthew Judon
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00:00Here's my suggestion, and I don't think most people will like this.
00:04Here's what I would do if I was Elliott Wolfe.
00:08I would sign him, and then I would trade him.
00:11What?
00:12I would sign him, and I would trade him.
00:14And I'm just going to say, it's not that he's not a good player.
00:18It's not that he can't make impact plays.
00:20It's not that he's not productive.
00:22He is.
00:23He's 32 years old.
00:25He's saying all the right things.
00:27You like him in the locker room.
00:29But I think he's much more valuable as a trade asset at this point in time than he is an
00:34actual player.
00:35Because I'll ask you this, Judon plays every single game this year.
00:39How many more games do you win with him on the field?
00:44What is he?
00:45Probably none.
00:46How many wins is he worth?
00:49Call it one?
00:50Maybe.
00:51Maybe.
00:52And if he's not there?
00:53A lot of people are bullish on this defense, even though he wasn't a part of it last year.
00:57I think some of the coaching change might change some things.
01:00And what if he's not here?
01:03No big deal.
01:04No big deal.
01:05I know they don't want to come out and say it down there because they're trying to fool
01:09everyone.
01:10They want to suck.
01:12They want to be bad.
01:13And that is my point.
01:14They want to be terrible.
01:15So you have the perfect excuse.
01:20He's disgruntled.
01:21We can't negotiate with him.
01:22He's going to be a hold in.
01:24He wants it the second year in a row.
01:26So you know what?
01:27Because Bill, and I hate going back to Bill, whenever a player would want more money and
01:32would try to kind of like strong arm him and play chicken with him, like he would just
01:36send him away and they would always get more money.
01:38This is just an opportunity for you to gain more assets, more draft capital.
01:44You know, if we're really going to build for the future, take a guy like Judon and get
01:50something for him.
01:51OK, but get something for him for next year.
01:54Why am I?
01:55But if I'm a general manager, why am I going to allow you the Patriots to dictate the terms
02:04to me as to what Judon is going to make?
02:08Listen, you can either sign him and trade him or just trade him.
02:12And then with the understanding that the team that gets them does a new deal, it doesn't
02:15matter to me.
02:16To me, it's semantics.
02:17Either way, my goal would be, how do I get a couple of second round picks if he's even
02:22worth that?
02:23I mean, could I get it?
02:24Could I get a second round pick for Judon?
02:25Because Judon is the difference maker on a team that's real close.
02:30Well, look at this team.
02:31He's he's just going to be a guy.