NFL should never allow this...
Teams are trying to use draft picks as salary cap relief...to sign FA players they cant afford.
The Osweiler deal is a little different as he wasn't a FA...there wasn't a third party involved...say NE used Cleveland to make a deal with the Texans. Cleveland eats Brock's salary for a pick from Houston...then the Browns trade him to NE for another pick..and NE gets a player they cant afford while Cleveland pays for him.
That scenario is a little closer to what NO was trying to do...
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