Would You Trade Draft Capital for a #1 WR???

[CPF4LIFE]

26 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

Keenan Allen said in a recent podcast it’ll be the Bears, LA, or retirement for him. 

Dude is from greensboro, nc so I  always rooted for him and wanted to draft him back then. You cant help but think he kinda wasted a great career in LA all these years because they never were consistently good enough. He should go to a team that can win now. 

[Aussie Tank]

2 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

Nah, Allen has made his money and fell off a cliff this year, I think he chases a ring and takes a cheap deal to go to a contender than try to make a little more money being a #1 for a bad team like us.

But I could see us doing it with someone like Amari Cooper who is 3 years younger and might want one last pay day.

I could handle Cooper and pump everything else into defense 

[Zaximus]

Trade for Wilson if it makes sense, and honestly I'd probably trade a first.  He's a 24 year old proven WR1.  If he indeed wants out, I would trade our first for a proven player and give him a deal.  If WR is indeed a big priority for us then you do this deal as long as it makes sense.  It really helps that Bryce turned it on the second half because it may make signing a receiver easier as well.  Higgins scares me though with the injuries.

[JawnyBlaze]

I’d spend a second on Garrett Wilson. Can’t think of any other likely targets I’d spend picks on. 

[Davidson Deac II]

Regarding, the original question, no.

Edited January 13, 2025 by Davidson Deac II

[Cavscout]

Definitely not 

[45catfan]

No.

[frankw]

There is an argument to be made that a quality defense is equally as important to any young quarterback as surrounding him with weapons.

We should not be trading away significant assets for offense with our other needs.

[mrcompletely11]

9 hours ago, Shocker said:

No way to validate this idea which makes it someone’s guess more than likely.   I said Garrett Wilson and 42 for 8.  Have to be sure he will sign here cuz he wants to be paid soon

Why would the jets do that?

[mrcompletely11]

8 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

If we could get Garrett Wilson for a 2nd, hell yeah.

why would the jets do that?

 

some of you guys need to investigate the situation a bit more.  He is locked in whether he wants to leave or not.  And even in the alternate universe they do trade him to us its going to multiple picks including pick 8 and then you have to turn around and give him a deal similar if not more then Lambs or even Jeffersons which is roughly 100 million guaranteed 

 

and to the larger point, why would we do this?  

[DaveThePanther2008]

Defense should be a priority but either draft one or get one in free agency. Trading away draft capital that might be with us for only 2 years isn't smart. 

[scarface]

10 hours ago, Joe Bear said:

Do not trade another Day 1 or Day 2 draft pick again. Ever. This team is 0-for-infinity doing that.

[onmyown]

Should be the next goal after the dline imo.

[WhoKnows]

13 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

Hence why I've been all in on the T-Mac train for over a year now, but doubt he falls to us at 8 unless he runs a slow 40, and maybe not even then.

In general I'd be okay with it, but not for any of those players.

First of all, Higgins, Godwin, and Allen are all FA's, so draft capital isn't in the equation.  Beyond that, Higgins is going to want Top 5 money if he were to come here, Allen is well past his prime at this point, and Godwin is coming off another injury and is about to turn 29 so he just doesn't make sense either to give big money to.

Tyreek would be a disaster of a situation here and he'd suck up most/all of our cap room to where we can't spend it on defense.  I'd rather use the cap on Higgins than Tyreek, but I'm still not okay with that because we need to use the cap on defensive players who will make more of an impact for us next year than defensive draft picks could.

Wilson would be the only player that would make sense to target, but I'm not giving up the 8th pick or our 1st rounder next year to then have to give him a huge deal, and I can't see the Jets trading him for anything less than a 1st.  

We'd be MUCH better off trading from 8 down to the 12-15 range and drafting Burden to have on a rookie deal and add other draft assets, than trading 8 for Wilson and then giving him a big new contract.

DK Metcalf is the player I wanted to target in a trade last offseason, and while I'd still like that idea in a vacuum, him and XL don't make for a great pairing as they're too similar.  So not sure I'd love giving up picks to give him a big contract and not be adding a different style WR to the team, even if he's obviously better than XL.

I think TMac and the Tackles are going to be the BPAs at our pick. I see the two QBs and Hunter, Graham, Carter and Johnson being the top 6. Unfortunately, even if 1 of them fall, I think the Jets will steal that player.