The thing about trading 1st rounders is now there is a cost assurance. While for the past decade getting one of the top few picks was almost another penalty with the chance of a holdout and/or a guaranteed contract in the multi-millions, now for the first time there is a cap so these first rounders the Raiders are giving up are going to be reasonably priced.
Campbell isn't coming back any time soon, and by the time he does Palmer will have had lots of time to get up to speed while Campbell is rusty. I doubt any players are going to resent Palmer remaining the starter unless things turn really bad from here on out.
Your (Syl's) point about getting a known, solid performer as opposed to taking a chance on a draft pick is fine, but Palmer is a guy who has had knee reconstruction and Tommy John surgery. He also hasn't made the pro-bowl since 2006; he isn't a spring chicken so there is significant risk.
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
|