The Raiders getting McNabb would be disastrous for us. After seeing the efficiency in which we re-signed our guys in this offseason, and given our salary situation, we still have plenty of $$ to spend, I don't see any reason why we couldn't have signed Wilfork and Seymour. The notion that we were only trading one season of Seymour's services away just looks false right now.
And with that in mind, if the Raiders go out and add McNabb to a team which, while quite dysfunctional, has pretty decent talent, they could go somewhere in the 8-8 realm. If we moved Seymour for a pick between 15-20, I won't be happy.
Just look at it this way. Is there a player in this year's draft you would trade Seymour straight up for? There really aren't many at all. You could say Suh, but ironically, he's often compared to Seymour in terms of his play, size, versatility, etc. Let's face it, we traded our best defensive player for a pick that we thought was going to be top 5, and with or without the McNabb trade, it just might not be. And I don't think it was worth it at all. I'm normally an optimist, but more and more, I strongly dislike the Seymour trade and feel it never should've been made. We unnecessarily broke up the core of this defense during the prime years of Brady's career, for a pick that may not be as high as we think, in a season in which there might not even be football.
