two dog":3e93a09c said:
When the Seahawks traded 3 picks to move up to draft
Tyler Lockett it made more than a few .netters unhappy. I'm sure the people who thought we
grossly overpaid for Lockett have trouble remembering anything about their posts now.
At the time, I thought we overspent a lot.
Here were the guys I thought we would come away with had the deal not gone down:
95 - TJ Clemmings (110)
112 - Shaq Mason (131) , Mark Glowinski (134), Tray Walker (136)
130 - Mason, Glowinski, Walker
134 - Glowinski, Adrian Amos (142)
167 - Tye Smith (170), Kaelin Clay (184), Reshard Cliett (211)
170 - Smith, Clay, Cliett, Daryl Roberts (247)
181 - Roberts, Lawrence Gibson (243), Rakeem Nunez-Roches (217)
Obviously we got great value from the move up. Although I also think that the needs (OC/OT) we're looking at in the top 4 picks of this years' draft were the direct cost of that move up.
The reality is, getting a player of Lockett's value is rare. But there was a lot of alternative value to be had. With guys that were linked to us. At the time, I felt like we were in a position to fill a lot of holes. Holes that we're still looking to fill this year. Lockett's greatness really makes the trade worthwhile. The guys we didn't get -- those are guys that are often found in every year of every draft. And there will be guys similar in this years' draft. But those will be added with picks that could have been used to boost other positions.