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Originally Posted by BossChief
No, it's not.
It's improving the current roster while adding a ****ing second round pick to help bolster the teams future.
I'm not talking about a straight up player for player trade here.
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It's improving the current roster. Yes. But you're making an enormous leap of faith that the second round pick bolsters the future roster. ENORMOUS. In 5-8 years, Carr will still be in the league. But Asomugah will probably be on a rapid decline. Hell, could very easily happen in 2-3 years. Corners decline very quickly after 30.
So basically, 5 years from now, you're expecting that 2nd round pick to be better than Carr. That's probably not going to happen. So the Chiefs get much better the next 1-3 years, and likely get a lot worse in years 4-6. The Chiefs are not in the position to make that kind of a 1-3 "we have to win it now at all costs" commitment.
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how about what we could get for the draft pick?
A second rounder is a premium pick.
A move such as this improves the present and future of this team.
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Why do people treat second rounders like they're lottery picks? A second rounder is a good pick. But...Carr is probably going to be in the league 5 years longer than Asomugah. So if that's the case, your question becomes... would you rather have Carr or a future second round pick for those 5 years? I'm gonna go with Carr. No doubt in my mind.
In 5 years, when Carr is shutting down Chiefs' receivers twice a season as a Raider, I'm sure we're going to be really happy we traded away our future for a short-term improvement and a second rounder.