Would I trade a first round pick for an established WR (with a Superbowl MVP trophy) who knows my offense and QB better than any other receiver on the planet, and whose $39M contract included a $12M signing bonus that would remain the dead cap responsibility of the trading team leaving me with 5 years of Deion at around $25M in salary only that could be converted to lower his cap hits or enable the team to cut him at will?
.... in this system Deion was a #1 WR Bill was fully willing to pay $5M per year to retain.
First off, compliments to the thread starter for finding a novel (and interesting) way
to discuss Meion.
As to substance, i'll line up behind MoLewis in saying that
ANY very good starter
is worth more than a coin-toss first-rounder.