LogFAQs > #914370733

I would like to sort of justify my picks here, if I may. Perhaps I am misguided, but I don't think it's as easy as just going to get the person you want if you have the picks. Looking around the league, I am even more set in what I said in the discord that it seems like a lot of WR talent has left/is leaving soon, and 2 mid firsts is not worth giving up for a guy in his 30s, or a guy who's 85 or under. The person with the established player always has the leverage advantage over the person with the picks, and looking at the league right now, WR looks like it's getting ready to have some huge turnover. I didn't really pursue a trade because if I happened to land a team's #1 WR (which I feel 2 1sts is worth) then their WR corps is left in shambles. I try to ask myself if I would do the trade I'm offering. There's no way I'd go for it because most of those guys are old now, and there's no way they'd go for it because the ones that aren't old would carry a huge cap penalty, 5 mil or more.

Part of this as well is because we can all see the WR FA pool is not ideal for such trades. It's a lot of low 80s guys, which is great for filling in a corps, but not if you traded your #1 guy away, which is what I would want if I traded two mid-1st rd picks. That makes people even more hesitant to trade away a star WR, because now they can't just go and even take a gamble that they replace them with someone close to what they lost.

I have no problem with you disliking the O-line setup, I'm well aware of your feelings on it. I do pay them quite a lot, but I do want to at least point out that, while they are definitely overpaid, I believe you told me before they gave up the 9th fewest sacks as a unit last year. That may not be living up to the standard money-wise, but it's also pretty darn good in a vacuum. Furthermore, I felt that with how thin LBs are getting, that getting one for the future took precedence over getting an OT for the future to replace Marvel Smith, especially after looking at the past 2 draft classes and this upcoming FA class. There's simply so much more talent at that position that I think I can afford to wait. I also had no idea that Kikaha would show up on the big board so soon after my first pick, and I admit there was a bit of panic in me when he showed up, which is why I traded up to get him. I do however, have no qualm with you bringing up my lack of depth. That's just the way I choose to build my roster, and I understand the risks that come with it.

I'm also not worried about money because I always make a list going into each offseason of guys I know I can afford to cut to make extra room if I need to. I always just hold onto them because I did stuff way too early my first couple seasons, and I'm trying to learn from that by not creating extra cap space (and taking hits) unless it's necessary.

All of this is to say, I feel like there weren't any moves available to help me win now and also secure some much needed future pieces.
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