Millennials HATE The Antonio Brown Trade

A wise mentor once told me to never apologize if you haven't done anything wrong, so I'm not apologizing to any of you for my nearly two month absence. I've been depressed, ok? Football ended and I've gone into hibernation until spring training starts. I've watched the AAF a couple of times, but it's just not the same. We'll get to that later. On to the big news.

Antonio Brown has officially been traded to the Raiders and according to the survey I conducted this morning, millennials think this is a bad trade. I don't know about you, but when I'm looking for guidance in my life, I do the logical thing: I seek out the advice of my millennial peers on Twitter. While this strategy has failed a few times, I gotta say that I agree with the millennials on this one. This is the most Jon Gruden move of all time. Here is the actual transcript of the decision that I got from a source of mine in the Raiders organization:

"I like that Antonio Brown guy, man." - Gruden

"Coach, he turns 31 in July. We should sit this one out, but maybe we can offer one late round pick just for fun." - Mike Mayock

"Hell, give 'em a third rounder. Who cares." - Gruden

"GIVE THEM TWO PICKS!!" - Mark Davis

And that's how it all ended. Per my millennial survey, I found that they've been arguing about the value of mid- and late-round picks with the baby boomers, who insist that this was a slam dunk because they don't think you ever find any good players outside of rounds 1 & 2. **sips starbucks** "Antonio Brown was drafted in the sixth round in 2010." - Millennials. Checkmate. This is why I'm siding with the wise millennials and not the baby boomers who tried to cover up my concussions while playing football. Draft picks are extremely valuable to rebuilding teams as they look to build a solid young core through the draft and fill the remaining gaps in free agency. Gruden has done a solid job of hoarding all the picks he can get his hands on, but then what does he do?!?!? HE GIVE UP TWO PICKS!! Two picks for a soon to be 31 year old who is likely to be a new addition to the Real Housewives of where ever because of all the drama he has started with his now former team. To make matters even worse, the Raiders restructured his previous contract of 3 years $39MM to 3 years $50.125MM, which made millennials livid. Receivers are a dime a dozen and it's been proven countless times that big contracts to receivers rarely work out. I realize the Raiders have a ton of cap space, but again ... THIS DUDE IS ABOUT TO BE 31!!!! Maybe use that money for your garbage offensive line or a pass rusher (The Raiders had 13 sacks in 2018. THIRTEEN). Bottom line, very strange move for a team that won 4 games last year and probably hasn't fully hit rock bottom yet. Millennials may have racked up $1.5 Trillion dollars in student debt, but they are right on this one.

-Mr. Football Guy