It seems as though every time a good player expresses frustration with his contract and requests a trade, we ask if the New York Giants should trade for him.
While “building through the draft” is the common refrain, we have seen teams effectively use the veteran trade market to add talent to their rosters quickly. But for the most part, these questions are hypothetical for the Giants — more a way of looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the roster than anything else.
But when Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith requested a trade Tuesday morning, the hypothetical is a bit more interesting than it might have been.