think this is a good move, to give up a top 10 pick for a 29 year old DL in a contract year, particularly given their schedule…

It’s almost as bad a fleecing as our trade with Denver.

On the bright side, it makes the Raiders a little better today, which hopefully makes them better than the Broncos THIS year, moving our pick up just a slot or two. Denver NEEDS two wins against the Silver and Black just to get to 5 wins total… hopefully this keeps that from happening.

Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense on either side… totally bizarre trade

No franchise does a better job of restocking talent via the draft. Every year I’m amazed at how many late 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks the Patriots have. And those are the rounds with the greatest value. They take Seymour with a 1st, get 8 great years out of him, and in the last year of his contract, trade him for another 1st, albeit 2 years away. Perhaps he has 5 more years of greatness. Time will only tell. Perhaps the Patriots get him back in FA next year. But with D-line at a premium, his next contract will be a big one, and the Patriots, like the Seahawks, are a relatively small market team who can’t afford many monster contracts. Buy low, sell high. Seymours value is high. Patriots are thinking long-term and loading up with draft picks. Who knows, maybe they have a solid replacement that we don’t know about yet.

I think this is a good trade for the Pats, but don’t they want Seymour? They’re supposed to be trying to win a Superbowl this year, and I think he would be a big help for their defense.