When trading for a proven commodity, you are removing the biggest variable, and that's whether or not a guy can excel at the next level.
In reading what Kirby posted in the trade thread, and Beane's presser from yesterday. It almost all but confirms that they were really going after BTJ. The million-dollar question of course, that we likely will never know, is how close they got to a deal.
Was our max maybe a 2nd and player, say Keone or Samuel?
Was Jax wanting a 1st+ ?
Did Jax jack up the price at the last minute?
I still say that he was worth, about the price we paid for Diggs, and I'm willing to bet that Beane was probably willing to at least come close. I'm wondering if the Sauce trade happened, and Jax thought, wait......maybe we should also push for a 2 1's, and at that point, Beane hung up on them.