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After having some time to brood on it, this is what I think this trade is:
1) I think Reid and Dorsey are trying to do two things simultaneously: One is win right now to win over a disgruntled fanbase. If they get to 8-8 next year 90% of people will see them as gods.
2) I think this buys them time (in their mind) to find a developmental QB somewhere in the middle of this draft or the next one. Since they'll likely finish with a middling record, they wont' be in position for an elite prospect.
It's an abysmal strategy with an absolutely awful success rate.
They are hoping for a 1/50 chance and immediate dividends rather than a 1/3 chance and growing pains.
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