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Attyla the Hawk":1ar5w9l8 said:I would not wish to make a similarly costly trade up for Evans -- that's way too much stock in a position that doesn't coincide with our core identity. It's an ancillary piece. We've committed to Harvin and I think we have to stand on that.
This is a team that is already on the mountaintop. The challenge for this team is now to maintain quality across the board. To add talents so that we don't have to extend players who are good, but not great. This is a team built on breadth of talent. Good players everywhere and several rows deep.
Trading up really moves away from what we are as a team. It's quality built on players who don't leave us salivating with anticipation. Guys who we kind of shrug and go 'guess we'll see what he looks like in August'.
During that late season 4-game stretch when Seattle was without Rice and Harvin and facing good defenses that stopped respecting our WRs, Seattle averaged just 16 points a game on offense, and Wilson's passer rating was in the low 80s. Seattle's offense struggled to move the ball in their two home playoff games as well, relying on turnovers and big plays to reach 23 points in both games. At home.
I really don't want to be in a situation where Seattle is one injury away from being highly vulnerable on offense, especially when that lynchpin player is maybe the biggest injury risk on the team. To me, getting another weapon is not a luxury. It is a need.
As far as trading up, JS compared the Percy move to trading up last year, and he's right for doing so. So I wouldn't say it's out of character. Seattle has shown many times that they are capable of making bold moves to get a guy they think it a centerpiece player, whether that is in the draft, FA, or trade.
Percy cost a ton, the cash aspect alone is probably as big a burden as the picks were. So if Seattle traded a ton of picks for Evans and paid him $3.5 million a year on his slotted deal, it's basically like doing the Percy trade all over again. Right now this team needs Percy insurance. Doesn't have to be another player just like Percy, but it does need to be a player that scares defenses deep.
Maybe Seattle gets Brandon Coleman at #64 and there isn't any need to move up. But if you've watched Evans, you know this guy is going to be a STAR. Not "maybe a good player." The extra cost to get a very likely star at a position of dire need makes a lot of sense to me, especially since Seattle doesn't really have many needs elsewhere and usually does all their damage with late picks anyway.