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Originally Posted by The Franchise
We apparently should have traded up in the 1st.....spending draft picks like we are now....for an unproven player that may or may not be there.
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Nobody is saying that's even close to a replacement for Frank Clark. People think this is a straight up trade top using a top 20 pick (assume 2nd rounder used for a trade-up) for Frank Clark. It isn't. It's a top 20 pick + $20M that could have been spent elsewhere (either on 1 player or multiple).
As an example, imagine if we went after Landon Collins instead without picks. Clark is a better player but would you trade Collins + a first rounder to get Frank Clark? I'm happy we made an aggressive move. But it feels like a panic because we couldn't get other deals done. We can feel good about the trade while still feeling like we reached big time.