Just woke up to find out about this much expected trade. We all knew that the Pats would trade down, but never expected to get this much for a late 1st round pick. I'm excited we got a lot, but some of my excitement is tempered by the fact that the Vikings picked exactly whom I hoped the Pats would've picked at 29. To me, Patterson has the most upside of any receiver in the draft, and he's the most versatile receiver outside of Tavon Austin. Patterson is a very talented return man as well as he even rushed for almost 300 yards out of the backfield.
The Pats really must come away with a very talented receiver with these picks, or this trade is a bust. Sure it looks good value wise, and point wise it looks close, but if it winds up being Darius Butler/Ron Brace/ JAG/JAG for a stud receiver type of trade, then who cares how many draft choices we got in return. Sometimes quality is more important than quantity. Plus the fact that all the picks are late in the round don't help either, unless the Pats are willing to trade back UP in the round to get their guy. Very risky business model that hasn't always worked out for Belichik, in fact, more often than not, the picks have been busts.
It's just common sense that the later you pick, the more of a crapshoot it is. Hence the value of taking 1st round picks. Sure there are busts, but odds are in the favor of the higher picked players. Hopefully Belichick proves me wrong, his record isn't completely stellar in these kind of moves.