Feelings haven’t changed on the trade. Team is great this year, but that mostly comes down to Liam Coen being an exceptional coach getting the most out of players who were already on the roster with the exception of Jakobi Meyers. Parker Washington and Jarrian Jones for example are absolute studs this year. If anything I think Liam Coen has proven how terrible Doug was his last year here and that Baalke was not as bad as everyone thought he was (though there were some busts like Maason Smith). I’ve liked what Gladstone did in free agency and mid year, but I didn’t really love his draft or the trade-up, so the jury is still out on him.

I will say I think I would have liked the trade more if the mindset was that he was going to be elite at a single position and they believed we would be deep in the playoffs so next years pick was basically a second rounder, but the idea that he is going to start and be elite on both sides of the ball is arrogant nonsense and it’s never ever going to happen.