Well I'm adverse to trading Q, but that's not this issue.
I'm not for paying the price for high draft picks if you don't have to. Too little bang for the buck, and unless it's a Fitzgerald, and even if it is, other problems may arise. (see boldin)
This year we need not worry about pumping 50 mill or more into an unproven player. That is a major plus.
Think of it this way, if we needed to pay that, which TWO top tier veteran starters would we lose because of it?
Again unless it's a fitzgerald, give me 2 or 3 second rounders.
It will be much easier to keep our players if we don't have to continually sign a big free agent deal with our rookie. We see all the big deals going to good players in free agency. Guys who are veterans and can plug holes. Our big free agent every year seemed to be a high draft pick.
I noted some time back about the talent and cap situation comparing the Eagles to the Cards, and showed how year in and year out (besides LTBE in contracts carried over to increase the next years cap, and compensatory picks) that over a given time period say 10-15 years, you can easily get more production out of constantly picking in the low first round as compared to the top.
Meanwhile you had plenty more money to spend on free agents or keep your own. If done right, it can really be the best of both worlds.
So that said, if we do move Q, and I don't want that to happen (even if he does or doesn't have legitimate gripe to act like a baby), I do not want a high first round pick. (11 might not be that high, but it's right there on the border)
Now that we're picking lower, if we can hit on it, the dividends will be huge.
