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Originally Posted by Kaepernick
Don't trade your #34 2013 pick and your #50-60 2014 pick away for short term gain. You keep those picks and build and build with them while you suffer with a crummy QB you think has upside potential that either other teams missed seeing, or that has potential only your coaching can bring out -- other teams can't develop the guy.
Matt Flynn was a win-big type of move for the Raiders in that they paid nothing for the chance to see if a 7th rounder coached up by Mike McCarthy, studying and practicing next to Aaron Rodgers, can be serviceable.
The key is that they paid nothing for him, so they can still use their top picks to build a future win-big team if they draft wisely.
The Chiefs went with win-now instant gratification.
The Raiders went with a win-big-later solution at the likely cost of sucking for now and remaining viable for high future draft picks where elite QB prospects are found, with a small real chance that Matt Flynn becomes the next Tom Brady. I don't mean elite like Brady, I just mean a 7th rounder who plays for years as a starting QB. I was referencing Brady's 6th round status, not comparing Flynn's lower potential to Brady's elite status.
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The Raiders had no choice. They had to go cheap and for th future after going "win-now" only giving up more for Carson Palmer. They aren't doing your made up win-big thing.