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Emeraldegg posted...

Maybe I just have an incorrect view on values during trades. Between the first draft picks trade and these past 2 trades where, imo, the guards are being vastly undervalued, I'm starting to feel like I'm the crazy one.

I think context matters with the Guards.

From my standpoint I have an interior O-line consisting of 90, 90, 90, 87, 83. They are all between the ages of 25 and 31 so none are close to retirement. Levitre and Castonzo put up 13 and 8 blocks/sacks ratio so I'm not moving. Christensen and Sitton are expiring so I can't move yet anyway. Fletcher is the one that makes sense to move. I paid a slightly lower 1st for him in RFA last season (I want to say 20th?) so I can't really ask for much more than that when his OVR only went 89 > 90. I also want to create need cap room as despite having 74m I have a ton of expirings

The other trade I can't speak for but looking at roster composition Boling is currently sat as a backup on the depth chart and the 6 pick is pretty high. In the context of KCFs trade, Boling is basically being valued as a late 1st rounder which given similar age to Fletcher and slightly lower OVR is probably fair. The 6 pick would let Sultan get a surefire starter so maybe like an OLB, WR, DT/MLB, FS or SS looking at his roster.

I think another thing to consider is that if you already have a good O-line it is easier to develop a backup O-line player. Whereas if you don't it's a ton harder. I'd say that the Jags and Steelera already have good O-line so their prospect of developing another C/G in the next few seasons even from a 2nd-4th round pick is fairly good given what they have in place already