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Originally Posted by FRPLG
Reminder: Cliff Russell was a 3rd round pick for us. Sucess of 3rd round WR is a lot lower than you'd expect. If I had a need for a possession reciever and all it was gonna cost was a 3rd round pick to get a guy with size, strength, work ethic and a 1000 yd season I would jump at it. That being said he needs to move on from the Skins. He isn't what we need and all the acrimony around Coles and him makes it best if eh leaves anyways.
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I realize a 3rd rounder is not likely to yield a superstar. For every Laveraneus Coles (3rd rounder) there are 10 Cliff Russells. But $2 million is a lot more expensive than $380K, more than 5 times.
Besides, whoever said we'd take a WR with that 3rd rounder? You can get good players in the 3rd round at lots of positions, Chris Cooley comes to mind.
The pick we get in return for Gardner isn't even the main benefit from trading him though. The main benefit is the cap room we'll save. That's why we should be happy with a 3rd rounder, anything higher than that is completely unrealistic.