correct and I'd rather not mortgage the future for Julio types. that being said if you look back on that trade, it wasn't that much considering where they were picking. Probably cost a lot more now.Right. My point was that we're not likely to be in a position to get a "can't miss" WR. Everybody knew Perriman was raw, but we drafted him due to his attributes, and he didn't develop.
And I agree with EDC. Its basically a volume approach at this point. If you're only going to take like one WR every 1-2 years, and you're going to wait until day 3 to take them, there's a good chance maybe one per decade will develop into anything more than a viable NFL starter.
So if we want the next AB (with a different brain of course), then part of that is going to be on coaches to turn 3rd or 4th rounders into stars. Its not that common that they just do it on their own.
That, or you have to do the one thing I doubt we'll ever consider doing, and that's mortgaging future drafts to go up and get the Julio-types. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
They swapped 1st round picks in 2011 and also gave up 2nd and 4th rounders in 2011 as well as giving up 2012 1st rounder and 4th rounder.