Trade with Panthers being reported

Poles saw A Bad Moon Rising and had to find some way to get past the stormy weather?

You boldface quote that I would not trade lower than Anderson/Carter without getting the three first round picks. That was my goalpost, and that was the Trey Lance deal (plus a third). A player and a second is not the same as a first and a third. You moved my goalpost, and then told me I should be satisfied with it.  I still would have preferred the original Colts deal over what Poles got, but I assume Irsay was not willing to give Poles 3 FRP or Pittman/Buckner plus a 2025 second, so he shopped that same deal to the Panthers, whereas it is more compatible with the sacred chart for a team at #9 than #4.

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IDK who this guy is on WCG but his post seems spot on me.  

It's crappy situation to be in when you have no QB and your draft position is too low.  Preaching to the choir for us as Bears fans.  You have to trade away assets (picks +/- players) just to get the guy and then you're left with few resources to surround him with the talent he needs to maximize the odds of success.  Classic rock and a hard place.  I don't envy Carolina at all cuz w/o McCaffrey and now Moore they have no weapons whatsoever on offense.  I don't even think they have a Mooney-caliber WR on the roster.

I'm just glad Poles was able to swing a good trade and, even if one quibbles about the picks received, the alternative would have been a total CF.  Think of where we would be if no trade was possible and we were stuck at #1.  There's no WR or even OT worth taking #1 overall.  The pick would have to be on defense, probably Anderson (I'll throw Carter in here as a sop to David).  Even if that pick was successful and the guy was an Aiden Hutchinson type of rookie player, we are screwed on offense.  We wouldn't pick again #54 and would have only 1-2nd.  We would probably have to trade that to get Hopkins or even more to get Higgins, assuming Cincinnati was even willing and they said they weren't.   

You'd be heading into critical year 3 for Fields with no offensive draft picks before round 3 at the earliest and an expensive stopgap WR who only played 9 games last yr.  No thanks

Pulling off a trade-down, especially one bringing a player at a position difficult to fill in FA, was absolutely crucial IMO.  Not trading down would have sucked. 

If he goes to Det he won't last 4 years; b/c if he tries to race through those streets he'll be seriously injured or dead. Those roads are dangerous at 60mph