Oswlek
Veteran Starter w/Big Long Term Deal
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I agree with the first part of your post. I think it did cost us a game (or 2) and stunted the OL in terms of gelling as a unit until just recently. As for Wright, i believe the only rookie TE with more production so far is Amaro. If Wright had been in this years draft I think the overall opinion by most would be positive if we had taken him at 62 or 93 or even 130 as many here were pining for another TE in the draft.
He's was a known commodity and that was a plus and I would consider him a solid 3rd RD talent from what we've seen so far, even though reality was he was a UDRFA last year. All in all I consider this trade akin to getting a 3rd and 4th in return. We'll have to wait and see what the 4th eventually yields, but it seems like a win at this point.
The one thing I didn't like about it was the fact that Mankins was approached before the season (in Feb. I thought I heard) about a restructure and refused, so his days were #'d. Making that trade a week before the first game left a bitter taste in everyones mouth. Should have happened long before the end of August. As I stated, the jury is still out on the trade, it was just the timing I thought really sucked.
There is no reason whatsoever to believe Mankins would have earned either win. Logan was dominated in the loss to Miami last year and the team couldn't stop Miami all game sans turnovers. KC is out of the question unless you want to pretend that the team was still suffering from Mankins hangover a full month into the season - a ridiculous argument.
No, the most logical thought process is that the team would be an equal 6-2, only the Miami game would have been a closer loss and the team would be in a worse position going forward, both in 2014 and beyond.