The first and second rounders we gave up weren't worth it for the player. And if you can't hit on a DT with the first two picks, you need to change your talent evaluation team. It's a bad, bad trade.
I'm not sure I understand your point. It sounds contradictory. Yes, the compensation was appropriate for the player, but draftign a DT is a separte issue.
I will argue until I'm blue in the face that Mazi was not a first round talent. So boo to Jerry and the team for that one.
But, for example, had we had the opportunity to draft Jalen Carter, then I think Jerry and company would have done so.
I have only very casually looked at this upcoming draft, so I can't say for sure, but usually there is at least one consensus stud DT.
So, IMHO, the real way to judge this draft is to see who we could have taken had we finished with say the 10th pick in the draft buy NOT adding Williams and Wilson. Or even who we might've taken had repackaged both number one picks and moved up.
That player would be here for the next 4 years cheaper than Williams, allowing the savings to be used elsewhere.
We gave up a 7th for Wilson, so I'm not going to argue that.
But with two number ones, I don't think it would have been too hard to pick up a legit DT and a legit LB (trade back, pick up an extra 2nd or 3rd, get creative).
I admit that I am talking out of both sides of my mouth on this one. It's clear that Williams can still play. We played against him only a couple of weeks ago, or so. So there's little danger that he turns out to be a "Roy Williams (WR) type of trade, in which Roy lost it seemingly overnight.
So I am on the fence. Only time will tell. If it were me, I would not have made the trade because I'm looking at the standings, and I'm looking at several teams ahead of us in the wildcard race, and I see the only real way to make the playoffs is to have Philadelphia collapse and thus win every single game. Unless all the other teams ahead of us collapse.
So really, we have Williams for two years and then he will need to be franchised, given a raise, or he will go to the highest bidder.