Wow. This is big. But I like this trade for 9ers. Get what you can and walk away from a mistake. They’ve done plenty of good. This won’t kill the franchise.
While I do agree that a player of his pedigree who isn’t even out of their rookie contract should be a great insurance policy, he did get beat out by Darnold as the second string. Strictly from a cap perspective, paying a third string quarterback a first round rookie contract is not ideal.
What pedigree? They dude has thrown less than 500 passes since high school.
It is costing them millions of dollars a year. Trading him opens up that cap money for other players.