Quote:I don't think we'll be making a playoff run next year.  No reason to get a player a 'year early' unless you are ready for a playoff/super bowl run.  Having him for a .500 year is pretty pointless.  This isn't quite "Gene Smith" level of thinking, because it's a 1st for a 1st, and not a 2nd for a 3rd.  But it's still not a very sound strategy.  

 

We're not two or three players away from being a playoff team.  If we get our QB at 3, then we'll be closer.  And if we get a pass rusher, we'll be closer.  But we've still got a long ways to go.  

 

Don't trade the future for the now unless now is ready for a super bowl run, and the window is closing.

Quote:I'm still reminded of that quote.  You want to spend next years first round pick on a guy if he falls out of the top 20 of this years first round.  I think it's asinine.  Next years first round pick could very well be in the top 15 again.  I don't think it's good business to trade away the future when it's imperative to get the picks right for the continued rebuild.  Washington is running into this exact problem and I would sincerely hope that our front office doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Chainsaw Dan Snyder.

• the 2014 20-something pick only costs the team their 2015 draft pick - I guess I did a poor job of delineating this in my original post
  
• Anthony Barr is considered by the team to be a top five to ten talent - I think this is accurate since many considered Barr to be in that range for most of the football season
  
• the team has done their "future" research and believes that Barr is / will be better than what will be available in whatever range they figure the team to be drafting next season