I can't believe I'm saying this. Other people have suggested it in the past, and I've refused it as being a terrible idea. Maybe it still
is a terrible idea. But Shamit and Mason were discussing the possibility of a trade something like this on the In the N.O. pod, and after hearing their justification for it I can't help but feel like it might be a potentially okay idea. Here's the trade:
https://tradenba.com/trades/rL752MK7z
The picks are essentially there for two reasons. The first is just a utility move; we have too many picks this year, we are such a young team we can't really afford to draft so many young players, so either we'll be trading 2nd rounders to move up in the draft for only a single guy, or we'll be using them as sweetener in trades like this one. The second reason is that we'd also be getting back some 2nd rounders, but only future ones. That sort of acts like us keeping the picks but just shuffling them along a few years, to give us more time to use them in a better way if a better way comes up.
As for the trade itself, it's basically the one Shamit proposed on the pod. If you've listened to the pod, you'll already know their logic for it and why they think it works, and for some reason I just feel like they might be right. I still have big issues with it, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea or if I've just gone nuts, but there it is.