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RamUK
Gruden is adopting the old school mentality of accumulating Draft picks, whereas McVay prefers to take proven players.
Gruden's approach is the sexier for the fans because every Draft is like Christmas, but I think taking proven quality is wiser.
We all love the Draft, but could we really have acquired the talent we have purely that way?
I doubt it.
I think the "trading for proven players" thing was just 2018.
They need to draft players.
In 2020 Goff comes up for an extension that one will be massive. That means they will have a very, very short list of top contract players they can keep. At best it's 8-9.
The thing about lower 1st round picks is that they are bargains. They come in at the 2-3 M range and so you get top talent for very little.
They will need a lot of guys like that to keep a viable roster around the 8-9 top contract guys they can keep.
In contrast, when you trade for a young player, you are much closer to the time when you have to extend them and add them to that short list of 8-9 top contracts. That means you start losing more top players because you can't keep em all.
In contrast you keep 1st round picks at bargain prices
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