Earlier this week there have been rumors stating,” Maurice Jones Drew was going to get traded by the trade deadline.”General manager Dave Caldwell made it clear Thursday that there is no fire sale taking place in Jacksonville, which is 0-4 for the third time in franchise history and has scored a league-low 31 points.You’d like to have as many as you can get to build because you can trade for future picks,” Caldwell said. “Sometimes you can take a 4 and turn it into a future 3 and take a future 3 and turn it into a future 2 and eventually you end up with two 1s at some point. It gives you a lot of flexibility. They always say cash is king, and in the NFL, draft picks are kind of your cash.”
Caldwell said in-season trades are difficult to orchestrate, which makes any more unlikely.”There’s a lot of speculation about trades and what teams should do and shouldn’t do,” he said. “It’s hard to make a trade in season. Things really have to align the right way. You have to have a buyer. You have to have a seller. The team has to have salary-cap space. The team has to be willing to part with their player, and it’s not like it’s easy to fill in.”
Maurice had some injury issues at the start of the season, but looks to stay productive despite the Jaguars problems. The Jaguars are building for their future and at this current time have leverage with 10 picks in next year’s draft.
