I was so upset by this trade.
I had to be talked off the ledge, figuratively speaking.
I thought it was the beginning of the end of our dominant, physical, reputation as one of the toughest teams in football.
It was.
Never understood the Jimmy Graham thing. A guy that was the poster boy for the kind of players OUR OWN GUYS used to intimidate. He was actually not as big a problem as the inability of our OC to use him but he was such a poor fit, it made no sense.
I will always believe that losing Unger was the primary reason Lynch left. He saw us gutting our line and said to H with that.
The Unger trade and the Harvin trade were literally the 2 worst trades in our history because they ripped apart a potential dynasty, turning us into a glorified Wild Card team.
Damnit. What could have been if we had only kept Tate, Unger, Lynch and pretty much stuck with almost the same team but for the draft picks we never would have lost?