BakoSaint

Olave is a good player. We did not need to trade our 2023 1st round pick to acquire him. We had the 18th overall pick in 2022. We traded up with Philadephia to get the 16th and 19th overall picks in 2022, giving up the 18th pick, our 2023 1st rounder, and various other picks. Then during the draft we traded up with Washington from 16th to 11th to select Olave. Had we never made the trade with Philadelphia, we still could have traded up from 18th to 11th with Washington most likely. Or we could have traded up from 18th to 16th with Philadelphia, without also asking for their other 1st rounder at 19th, and not needed to give up a future first rounder. What trading the future first rounder got us was a second pick in the first round, which turned into Trevor Panning, a guy who looked raw in preseason, got in a fight with a teammate which is not good because it more often leads to future discipline issues than spirited play, and then got a long term and possibly lingering injury that is not good news for a big man, especially with our history with davenport and turner. Then in the 2nd round we passed on George Pickens to take Alontae Taylor who will be valuable on special teams if healthy. So I am glad that Olave is good but it does not justify trading away future first round picks that serve as insurance when catastrophe happens at the qb position. Wide receivers dont win championships. Many of the best in recent decades never got a ring. Olave is good but we should never trade another future first rounder unless it is to move up for a franchise qb or we already have a franchise qb and can be fairly sure where that future first rounder will be in the draft.