Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones can phrase it however he wants, but the exchange of last season's leading rusher in the NFL, DeMarco Murray, for former disappointing first-round pick Darren McFadden, is by no means an equitable one.
That's not to say Jones should have ponied up the same dough the rival Philadelphia Eagles did for Murray - five years, $40 million - but to suggest that McFadden is likely able to replicate the 2,200 all-purpose-yards Murray amassed in 2014, even running behind the vaunted Cowboys offensive line, is beyond ridiculous.
Jones, speaking to Jarrett Bell of USAToday.com recently, finally seems to have admitted as much.
"We'd love to have Murray," Jones said. "We had to take a little step back to go forward. We needed that cap room. That's risky. Yet it freed up the cap room that we could use to make other moves."
Those "other moves" all happen to have come with a fair amount of risk, so it's not surprising then that Jones went on to say that he wasn't exactly all-in on the Cowboys prospects for next season.
"We're not buying bonds here," Jones said. "Risk takes on a lot of different forms, be it financial, the draft slot, something physical. I felt this was the time to be aggressive. Any pick you make, or any player you sign, something can go wrong."
The signing of Greg Hardy, for instance, has brought with it a fair amount of backlash due to Hardy's suspension last season under suspicion of domestic violence and a presumably high potential for something to go very, very wrong.
The Cowboys protected themselves financially were Hardy to run afoul of the league or the law again this year, but that doesn't lessen the public image impact of bringing him onboard and the potential souring of national viewing audiences on America's Team.
There was also the drafting of defensive end Randy Gregory - a first-round talent who fell due to concerns over his mental makeup and marijuana use - and the signing of La'el Collins - another expected high NFL draft pick who went unselected due to his connection to a murder investigation which began just prior to the draft actually kicking off.
While Gregory's problems are somewhat nebulous and Collins has been cleared of all wrongdoing, both players do carry a certain stigma, whether fair or warranted.
Jones though, would not agree that the Cowboys went into this offseason with the plan to buy low on players with issues outside of football.
"There are no cookie-cutters here," Jones said. "I've talked about the players, but I should be careful to talk about the names. Everybody has different circumstances. But in the end, each situation will stand on its own."
Perhaps the most interesting thing that Jones said, beyond the Murray-McFadden revelation, was that quarterback Tony Romo's status was a part of what pushed Dallas to be aggressive this offseason.
"It is really about the opportunity that presents itself, probably in every case," Jones said. "I'd like to tell you I sat down and strategized after last season. It's almost like the draft. Let's be real aggressive.
"At this juncture, that has everything to do with where (Tony) Romo is, and the level of players we have."
With Romo entering his age 35 season and the window of opportunity in the NFL generally only remaining open a short time, it ultimately makes sense that Jones and the Cowboys brass viewed this offseason as their opportunity to add talent they otherwise may have been unable to amass, even if it meant taking a few extra character chances.
