2012 Draft Needs?

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Okay, let's throw out a hypothetical here. Suppose we franchise Mario and then trade him for a first and second rounder. Just so I'm not stacking the deck for myself, let's say the deal is with Seattle for #11 and #44.

Let's say that at #11 we take a Mario replacement just so we don't here whining about trading him and we select Quinton Coples of North Carolina or Courtney Upshaw of Alabama. Coples has the size to play at DE as well. Pass rush addressed.

With our own #27, we select WR Kendall Wright of Baylor to give us a legit deep threat. If Wright is gone, we take SS Mark Barron of Alabama to help with the secondary.

At #44, we go get the WR of DB we didn't get at 27 or possibly upgrade at DT or OL.

Then, with the additional cap space from not signing Mario, we go after a free agent wide receiver from the list provided on another thread (maybe a Colston or a Vincent Jackson).

Now you've addressed the #2 WR problem, possibly twice, replaced Mario as a pass rusher and helped out our secondary, all for the money we would have spent on just Mario and our own #1.

This is just one possibility and I wasn't even talking about "best case".

Are you going to tell me that's not an upgrade?

You sure you're not talking "best case?" For one, why would anyone trade a 1st and a 2nd for Mario if that same team could just draft someone who is his equal with their mid-1st round pick (which is what your hypothetical suggests should be easy to do)?