I realize that Evans was not available with our 9th overall, but let's assume that it wouldn't have taken next year's 1st-rounder to trade up to get him. My position has been that Evans will end up being both the better rookie and better NFL WR over the years for reasons that I've explained.
As a guide, Cleveland traded our 9th overall and their 5th rounder for Minnesota's 8th overall. So assume that we had traded 1st's along with any other single pick that wasn't next year's 1st rounder.
Put yourself in the GM chair. Would you have traded away our 1st and 4th next year to get Watkins, or would you have simply swapped 1st's along with another later pick in this year's draft and taken Evans?
I'll bookmark the thread and we'll come back in the fall and reevaluate.
I'm just curious.