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(04-13-2022, 12:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Seems like your logic is circular. On one hand you claim we can easily replace Higgins with a second round pick, but then you claim teams will give us a second round pick for Higgins.

If it was that easy to get a replacement as good as Higgins then other teams would just draft a WR and pay him a couple of million on a rookie contract instead of trading for Higgins and paying him 5 times as much.

When you trade a proven star for a draft pick you could very easily end up with a player not nearly as good as Tee. Possibly a complete bust. You make those type of moves when you are rebuilding not when you are trying to win championships.

First of all, I NEVER said it would be "easy".  Far from it, and part of the logic of drafting a guy like Pierce now is you have a year to evaluate him before considering letting Tee go...

Second, when you have a player like Chase that will likely command the biggest NFL contract for a WR, things have to be considered like getting value for Higgins before you lose him for nothing.  Imagine some team that thought they were very close to winning it all....say, Tampa, and they have a huge need at FS.  If they call and offer their first round pick for Bates THIS year, would you not take it?  He is all but gone next year.  Same story, as I mentioned they have the same agent, but in THIS scenario, at least you have drafted and evaluated a player like Pierce to see if you believe he is capable of being his replacement.  

Lastly, as far as these being moves you make when you are rebuilding, please show me the high dollars the Pats spent on WRs that were becoming FAs during their dynastic run.  They were clearly trying to win championships.