You seem unable to grasp basic football knowledge at this point so I'm not gonna bother responding after this.
You keep Lawrence and Thomas and Nabers because they're foundational pieces who will still be in their prime when the Giants are ready to win with their next QB. Barkley would not be
Your 80% production for 30% of the cost comment shows just how out of touch you are. Because that would be great value for the Giants and is exactly what they're hoping for
Careful with that. I know exactly what they are doing from roster building and football and then also analyzing it as a business process as well. I am just being a bit sarcastic.
What I am pointing out is there is a chance to leverage the group think.
What GMs should reach for is try and find a market differentiator. In the past, that was a really cheap and productive running back.
But now, everyone is doing that, the running back position so devalued that there is a value opportunity in going against consensus.
Where is the edge now?
RB is commoditized. I think there is an opportunity, at that price, to get premium production and game impact at a fraction of the cost of what it would happen at another position .
The way Barkley, and the elite running backs effect the game compared to what you would have to pay a WR or DE to have that impact…if you can acquire talent at that cost then you do it.
The holy grail is elite production like Barkley in a rookie contract.
Now, would I take a rb top 5? No. Just too much risk there.
But In business and in life:
Quality > Value
The question is, what’s the delta? How much premium will the quality cost? I think RBs have hit bottom.
I want the highest quality at the least cost I can get. Do not settle for lesser quality and commoditize a position where you can have a game wrecker.
If giants felt that Barkley wasn’t that any more. Then sure. If they felt they have a guy who can do that? Sure.
But they don’t have that guy. Now, what they are left with is replacement level dime a dozen commoditized back.
This is why MBAs screw up businesses. It’s why CEO’s get paid so much.
Vision > system.
Lastly: Schoen would say, at a unit level, I got great value out of RB, TE, WR (rookie contracts) and OL ( runyan, rotten, Elu).
My issue is I am not getting value out of my QB and that is why our outputs are not producing despite tremendous value plays.
So, they go get Kirk Cousins next year and will they go to Super Bowl? Of course not.
You see the problem? They are actually farther away from contending than when he took over. Not only do they have less talent, they have expensive non-producers and cheap value plays.
All because he keeps on searching for value.
