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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Here's the most recent example: the Seahawks traded out of the first to 40 in 2014 and here's the sum total of their 'haul' for all the picks they got with a couple of trade downs:
Paul Richardson
Cassius Marsh
Kevin Norwood
Garrett Scott
Kiero Small
They turned a 1st round pick into 5 JAGs, 3 of whom weren't even on the team by 2015. Every bit of value they got was from Paul Richardson and if they really think that was a successful pick, they should've just taken him in the 1st and gotten the 5th year option on him. The additional 'equity' they picked up through the trades netted them 4 players, 3 of whom are gone (2 are out of the league) and the fourth simply isn't any good.
Additionally - the Seahawks used up $2.15 million in cap and 4 roster spots for those 5 guys (small didn't even make the team out of camp). Bridgewater was 1 spot and $1.245 million in cap. So apart from moving down in the draft, losing a year of team control, burning 3 extra roster spots and nearly an extra million in cap space, I'd say that trade worked out great for them....
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Yep. If your team knows how to evaluate talent, it's all about acquiring more picks and committing less of the cap to a single player. Kelce, Houston, Howard, Charles were picked up in rounds 3 or later. Then guys like Wilson, Ware, West, Abdullah, Parker were way late or undrafted.
I would like to see the Chiefs swap some picks with the Niners so we can target more later round picks this year rather than waiting for comp picks next season