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In the NFL, draft pick value is discounted by a year. That means a 2025 6th round pick is the equivalent of a 2024 7th round pick. Mac was traded to Jax with the expectation of sitting on the bench and got a 2024 6th rounder. That’s more than what the Bears are getting if/when Fields sits on the bench, they’re getting the equivalent of a 2024 7th rounder. It would be upped to the equivalent of a 2024 5th rounder only if he actually plays which is unlikely. So for everyone complaining about how poor Mac was and how poor of a return we got for him, the league viewed Fields as even worse.
Would you rather have a 1st round pick in 2024 or 2025?
These types of questions need to be asked.
That’s not apples to apples because it’s conditional. All things being equal, in your example I’d take the 4th next year of course. But if there’s a 5% chance of a 4th next year and a 95% chance of a 6th next year, or a 100% chance of a 6th this year, I’ll take the 6th this year. If the odds are 50/50 that’s different, but do you really think Fields is going to beat out Wilson?
Exactly that’s my point bro I think fields is decent. We should have gone for him.
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