We study history in high school and college for what

to understand the cause and effect on world events and to develop critical thinking.

From 1990-1998 and from 2005-2016, we tried it the way you like it, by being blind sided and keeping picks and trying to do team building that way. Take the pick that falls to you and do the best you can.

What did it get us?

0-21 going to the playoffs?

The years that we sacrificed 2nd round picks, for Faulk, for Williams, for Watkins, for Peters, we turn the corner and use those high picks to get established players, and we go to the playoffs immediately.

To say, it didn't matter, I don't know why a person would think that because all of those trades were catalyst to the success of what the team was trying to accomplish.

We study history to learn from it. As they say about interviewing potential job candidates:

The best predictor of future results is what the historical results say:

I say: 0-21 is plenty of evidence that staying pat, and sitting on picks and trying to build team, simply DOES NOT WORK.