I really can't fault him for that. This is a business after all.
What favors would he be doing himself or his team if he's getting hung out to dry?
Dillon Gabriel got 3 of receivers washed - 2 out with concussions a week or 2 ago.
"Investment" also invloves draft picks. *Higgins was the 33rd pick. Chase was selected 5th overall the following year.
There's a zero percent chance Beane drafts Higgins one year, then turns around and grabs Chase the following year. The pick, almost certainly, would have been Surtain II.
They do not value the position like Cinci or Philly does or else they'd take more chances than they have over the years. Trading a 3rd for 30 year old Amari Cooper isn't the same thing.
They've had a very "moneyball" way of filling the position.
*And Smith makes $7M more than Shakir AAV.
That is funny.
The Eagles manage to pay AJ Brown, Hurts, Smith, Barkely, Godert, and still field a good o-line.
It can be done.
See the Philadelphia Eagles.