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Cause that's a good way to judge.


You should compare it to what other WR of his caliber have gone for and they paid way, way too much for a solid WR. It's also pretty hard to judge the draft already but I'll bet you 1 of the 250+ draft picks behind him will be better than Branch.

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I agree with everything you've stated about Branch's value at the time.

But if we actually have 20-20 hindsight on this trade, Branch wasn't worth a #2 let alone a #1. It was clear at the time the Seahawks made the deal that they believed they were a player or two from winning the Superbowl. They clearly rolled the dice and gave up more than what Branch was worth in the hope that Branch would help put them over the top so to speak. They've done other free agent signings with the same idea that they were not too far away from winning the Superbowl. It's not only the Branch trade, it includes other moves that I mentioned. As far as holding on to Robinson and Jackson for too long, remember that Holmgren was also the GM at that time and I'm fairly certain that he believed that building a team through the draft was the way to go thus having Robinson and Jackson develop into top notch receivers would be huge for the team. They clearly had the talent. When Holgren lost his GM title is when they start trying to take shortcuts through free agent signings.