perspective...
We just paid a team $10.4 million to get rid of a 1st rd pick QB (who up until last year was a mid-level QB1 and the best we have seen in 20+ years) - He could also easily bounce back to be in the top 50% after recovering from his injuries.
Meanwhile... We gave up our 2022 first-round pick (No. 13 overall) We gave up our 2023 first-round pick (likely to be high if Watson is suspended) We gave up our 2024 first-round pick We gave up our 2022 fourth-round choice (No. 107) We gave up our third-round pick in 2023 We gave up our fourth-round pick in 2024
We are also paying a 5 year $230 million guaranteed contract for a QB that hasn't played since 2020 and might not be able to play until 2023 or longer - This would mean he could go about 3 years without playing a single NFL game at one of the most challenging positions in all of the professional sports.
*We did manage to also get a 4th or 5th round pick for our former NFL average QB1.
On paper, this looks worse than the Herschel Walker trade.
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