02-09-2022, 01:35 AM
(02-09-2022, 12:43 AM)PocketAces32 Wrote: As I’ve mentioned in a post, why not trade our draft picks for proven talent.
Because we are operating in a temporary world of free cap space due to so many rookie contracts.
We need the 4-5 year rookie contracts to offset the re-signs we have coming - Jonah, Wilson, Pratt, Tee and then Burrow, Chase, Mixon
Anyone we trade for draft picks will be good but come with multi-year high cost salaries. The draft this year and next will be key to sustained success. The more young guys with 1st contracts we get to produce the better we will survive the potential loss of Higgins or Boyd or whomever, because a time will come that we cannot afford who we have now, not to mention the Oline FA's we hopefully sign this offseason.
