I remember everyone ripping on the Raiders for trading Mack and Cooper. Fast forward two seasons later, they got a better record than the Bears.
I mean, I didn't think those trades were that bad. Mack is great, but wanted a ridiculous contract. Cooper was not performing that well with Oakland.
Too soon to say how their picks will turn out. But Jacobs looks good. Ferrell hasn't done that much yet. And Abraham has been injured.
Raises the question of whether we're going to see much of a "market correction" with non-QBs, and if so, how much, especially with a new CBA coming down the pike, and some talk of a softer cap to allow exceeding for payment of QBs.
We've recently seen a lot of pixels/ink spilled on this with RBs, i.e. especially with Todd Gurley, but now that we're seeing the struggle of the OBJ experiment, which I'm not even entirely surprised by given the Giants not taking a huge leap ahead right away with him, the discussion has to be considered with WRs, edge rushers, etc.
I thought there was going to be a "market correction" on WRs when Mike Wallace was getting smaller/shorter contracts, but it hadn't extended to many others.
Interesting to see that Houston's run this year has come with their beloved #99 using up $13MM while not playing. Sure, they will have to pay Watson huge soon, but as painful as it will be for everyone to move on from Watt, that will offset some of the cost.