I would not do a combo platter trade for CHI's 1 & 9 because there's no way either of the franchise-caliber LTs will be there by then. The combo that would jumpstart the rebuild would be the QB/LT (I know that view intensifies your hives, Rids, sorry!).
I think we take the QB that makes it to 2OA, be thrilled, and then see if either ARI or LAC will bite on next year's first and whatever combo of other picks (this year and next) will get the job done. If they don't do it, fine, we've still got our cache of 2024 picks to work with and our first next year, which still ought to be high-ish, barring a miracle one-year turn-around.
But, to me, it's not worth giving up one or more of our 2's plus next year's 1 to be in a position where the BPA is an RT, DE, WR or some such. By that point, I think we'll get a better player with next years first next year.
If we can't pull that early trade off and somehow one of the LTs manages to fall past TEN at 7, then, hell, maybe there is a deal to be had w/ CHI at 9, but it will be less costly then, on its own, than the combo deal would have been.
I was combing through some scouting reports on Maye last night during the Natty, and I was starting to doubt my conviction on him as being the preferred option -- so I stopped combing.
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