So is your argument that JS is a good drafter and that the 4th round pick might have been valuable? Because some are saying a 4th rounder is a throw away pick. Of course many of those are in the “waaaaaah the draft is such a crap shoot and you can never get a good player unless you have a draft pick higher than whatever draft pick we have that particular year.” Crowd.
we got a great player. If he is re-signed without breaking the bank he was worth a 4th rounder - arguably. If he leaves after this season it was a waste. If he leaves after this season and we don’t even make The playoffs and he is a one year rental on a Non-playoff team then it’s an utter waste.
I’m okay with JS being fired for a number of reasons and this may or may not be one of them. Time will tel.
I was simply pointing out that he’s had some very good drafts recently, and it’s far harder to draft to a stacked team than one with a ton of holes in it.
Finding starters in the draft and free agency, when your roster consists of Wagner, Thomas, Sherman, Chancellor, Bennett, Avril, Mebane… is a Sisyphean task. You will have far more “misses” than “hits.”
Finding starters when your team is in complete rebuild mode is comparatively easy.
Schneider seems to be near the best when in rebuild mode, but hasn’t really shined when adding to a stacked roster. With the HUGE caveat that we have yet to see him untethered from Carroll.
My take on this trade. It’s all a gamble. Draft, FA, trade just a gamble. You try to get the odds in your favor.
If you find a four year starter in the fourth round, you’ve hit the jackpot. If you hit a four year starter for trading away a fourth rounder, you’ve hit something big, but short of the jackpot.
It’s a huge position of need, on a known quantity, with a coach who has a history of knowing how to maximize the position.
It’s a great gamble IMHO, and the odds are in our favor. If he leaves at the end of the year, that doesn’t mean it was a bad bet. The odds are in our favor, IMHO.