Gresh & Fauria: Andy Hart explains why the Matthew Judon trade was a "Homerun"

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00:00But from a Patriots perspective for 2025 and 2026, this is an absolute home run.

00:05You didn't waste any of the money you have moving forward on Matthew Judon.

00:10In fact, you actually get 6 million plus back to add to your money to spend this

00:15year, next year, any year, rollover into future cap years, you get a third round

00:20pick, which I don't know if you guys saw Phil Perry said he talked to one

00:23executive who was like shocked that they were able to get a third round pick.

00:26I was surprised.

00:28I thought a third round pick was too high for a 32 year old pass rusher coming

00:33off a injury, a riddled season or an injury season in which he missed most of

00:37the year and who wants new money.

00:39And it's kind of cantankerous and can be interesting to deal

00:43with as we've seen this spring.

00:44So I thought you got a great return on that.

00:48It helps your first pick be higher because you might lose one or two more

00:51games because your best player is no longer on the team.

00:54So I think you now have an even better chance of picking number one overall.

00:57So to me, this fast tracks, the rebuild and didn't Gerard Mayo.

01:01I just posted a column and I went back and got the quote.

01:04He told us this before camp that measuring this year was about laying a foundation.

01:09It's about winning games, not necessarily this year, maybe next year, moving forward.

01:14The Patriots moving forward are better off because this trade happened.

01:18I firmly believe that.