Caroline Fenton lays out how Trey Hendrickson’s market cooled fast, opening a path for the Ravens to pivot from Maxx Crosby to Hendrickson. (via Yahoo Sports Daily)
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I think the second thing that changed was Trey Hendrickson’s price.
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I think that Trey Hendrickson’s price on- Okay Friday was far too rich for the Ravens’ blood, that they say, “We’re not gonna pay $40 million for a 32-year-old pass rusher- Right that’s coming off of an injured season.”
Trey Hendrickson’s price on Friday was probably, what?
probably 40 million Myles Garrett money.
On Monday, they went, “Okay, okay, fine.
We’ll be in the 35 to $40 million range.”
Once Tuesday rolls around, he’s like, “Please, someone just sign me.
I- I’ll go a- Just someone I’ll go to a contender for a cheaper price.”
So the Ravens are looking around like, “Oh, we can get Trey Hendrickson for the exact same amount of money that we’ll be paying for Maxx Crosby, and we can- Yeah get our two first-round picks back?
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I’ll take that.”
And while it is a little bit sketchy for Eric DeCosta, if that is what happened, if my conspiracy theory is correct, I think the Ravens are better off.
Eric DeCosta did- I do too, yeah do the best thing for his team