three but should have thrown five. You know who threw two but really should have thrown four against that defense just a week later? Give the ravens Defensive backfield some credit. They turned it up even more in the playoffs. If Jacoby doesn't fumble, it would have led for a more conservative game plan, instead of going for a 3o yard heap to aj it would have been a field goal. knowing the gods, rackers probably misses it but still, that fumble changed everything.
Oddly in a hard salary cap system, trading a player for nothing but salary cap space should be considered a fair trade if the player is worth his contract. Granted, guaranteed money messes this up, generally. Trading a player for a draft pick is usually a win to the team that gets a draft pick. Teams that want to win, trade veterans for draft picks and then use cap space to sign a veteran FA that is just as good. For the Texans, they traded Demeco Ryans, but were able to re-sign Arian Foster, swap thirds, and got a fourth. Trading draft picks for players is incredibly stupid. Yes, there are exceptions to this rule...those exceptions are generally called quarterbacks.
I think it's funny that the Texans actually thought that another team would be willing to give up anything for Jacoby. Well I guess there is no harm in trying.
