Blitzen
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We the fans do not have the imaging reports, physical exam results, etc. Teams get SOME information from existing medical reports and imaging from the players and the trading team. Then the trading team gets to have their own doctors and healthcare team do another set of exams and potentially more imaging. Based on their own medical team, the prior assessment of extent of injury can get thrown out or the trade fulfilled.Not for the cost of 2 firsts. But at a reduced cost? Like 20th and a 3rd? Absolutely. I want difference makers. Gary has 1 move and it’s a bull rush. Outside of Thompson everyone else we signed are role players or depth pieces.
A guy like Crosby is a difference maker however I was against the price the ravens paid.
I do know however you’d have to be an idiot to think that this injury is so severe that all the other teams who went after him weren’t aware of it. It was known.
I know the Cowboys did extensive medical exams on Jaylon Smith, LVE, Sean Lee, etc. They still drafted them in the first two rounds when other teams passed in part due to medical evaluations. Teams will put together a trade proposal and then assess on the physical. Some teams pass the player’s physical if the player passes a breathing air exam (Cowboys)-other teams have more strict evaluations (other teams). Not all information is available prior to a trade agreement. The fantasy of a healthy Crosby playing for the Cowboys is what you are holding onto. Who knows what Crosby will do this season-not any of us.

