Chris Grier is wheeling & dealing and proving Steven Ross right
As rumors circled the news of the trade interest from Chris Grier for Cardinals QB Josh Rosen, I was… ah, less than excited. My thoughts were ‘Miami needs help and a 2nd Round Pick is far too valuable to use on a fragile jerk’.
Who wants that as the face of your franchise… even if he pans out?
Drafting Finley or Grier… or even Lock left a better taste in my mouth.
But, two things crept out of the dark that made me rethink my stance. One became obvious when the trade details were finalized… the second took a little longer.
Chris Grier is proving himself to be one helluva’ GM
Initially, the Cards wanted a 1st Round Pick for those interested in Rosen. No one bit. Then as Draft Day neared, the asking price fell to a 2nd. Still no takers.
No one wanted this kid.
Draft day came, and the rumors grew that Miami was interested in parting with their 2nd for Rosen… but the sticking point was Grier wanted a 4th in return. The Cards balked at Grier’s hardball.
… Just don’t let there be run on Linemen.
Given the Dolphins ‘luck’, there was a huge run on OTs, of course. Even G Elgton Jenkins was snatched up just a few spots in front of Miami. The Phins were stranded at the 48th pick.
The football gods were using my beloved team as a urinal–again… or so I thought.
Chris Grier turned defeat into victory by trading with the Saints. The trade back to #62 garnered Miami a 2020 2nd Rounder and 2019 5th Rounder for #48 and a 4th Round pick this year in return. No Rosen and an extra 2nd—winning!
With all the Offensive Line players off the board that fit proper valuation of the 2nd Round… this was THE right move. Other Dolphins regimes, as they wet their pants crying over spilled milk, would have grabbed an ‘Eddie Moore’ type of reach. Not Grier.
Then the trade came, and the Rosen deal cost Miami #62 and a 5th this year. But, the reality is when you factor in what they received from the Saints, they really pick up Rosen by trading back about a dozen spots in the 2nd Round and a 4th to get him.
The Rosen acquisition offers one of these possibilities: A franchise QB, a commodity for a trade down the road, cheap back up, or low-cost roll of the dice…
… And it discounts the ‘Tank’ that many pay per heads expected.
Given the Tannehill and Quinn trade, letting Ja’Wuan James walk, and now this, Grier’s successes are becoming a trend. And if this is Grier being Grier and not a blip on the radar, Miami is certain to rise from the ashes.
Has prejudice of Rosen tainted the reality?
Former NFL Wide Receiver Steve Smith said this about Rosen after ‘news’ that he ‘unfollowed’ the Cardinals on Social Media…
“We’ve got six rounds in the next couple days. Guys are getting replaced. You are replaceable. They say in the league, the more you can do, it helps your opportunities. So now you’re mad because they brought some competition in here? So you’re going to try to take your ball? Well first of all, son, it ain’t your damn ball to take anyway.
So you just keep playing with your phone, and you keep showing us what the stigma of you and who you are at UCLA. Now you’ve brought it to the professional level and showed us when things don’t go your way, you’re going to cry in the corner. But guess what? They’re going to ship your [expletive] somewhere else, and you can go cry and be their problem. Listen, this is a man’s game. Be man and go against that man, one-on-one. He gets 10 plays, you get 10 plays, do your deal. Ain’t nobody giving you nothing…. You know why he won’t be on the roster? Because he ain’t got enough heart to be on that roster. He’s got to go out there and work his [expletive] off. He don’t want to work.”
‘Allegedly’ breaking a 3-year-old boy’s arm isn’t a reason for outrage with Smith…
First, I find it ironic that unprofessional is Smith’s gripe, as he unprofessionally analyses Rosen. Also, I wonder how warped Smith is to be this appalled by an ‘unfollow’, but the same ire didn’t rise up about Tyrek Hill ‘allegedly’ breaking his 3-year-old son’s arm.
Smith must take his social media seriously.
I’m not a fan of the image Rosen has. Maybe it is who is he or maybe not. But the vitriol surrounding him seems to have grown far past rational boundaries. Maybe some of this prejudice has affected the way I’ve viewed him?
Rosen has taken the haymakers from Chris Carter to Steve Smith pretty well now I think about it. He has been more ‘professional’ than Smith was during his big shot with an open mic.
I’m willing to wipe clean the image he has built and one that has been ‘molded’ by the likes of Steve Smith. I’m funny like that: Breaking a kid’s arms is a lot higher on the totem pole of ‘bad’ in my book. Also, it was reported that Larry Fitzgerald said to Rosen about his work ethic, character, and the way he carried himself, ‘Whatever happens here this isn’t the end for you’.
We have a new quarterback at an amazing price because of Chris Grier’s grit and brain. On some level yet to be determined, the Dolphins have won at the quarterback position.
Josh Rosen, you have a new lease on your image… let’s see who you really are. Go Phins!!!