re: Is Tripplet serious?!

I hear no one saying, "GB gave up a first round pick."

I agree it's a bit silly to argue semantics, but the media is using the language to make it sound worse than it is.

Instead of saying we gave up two firsts to move up and draft Davenport, they are trying to frame it more dramatically by saying we gave up two firsts for Davenport.

They almost never mention the (higher) first we got back in return (which was also a fair value trade minus the extra 5th thrown in).

It's just a way for the media to spin it into some incredibly risky move.

So yeah we're kind of arguing semantics, but people are tired of seeing the spin job of pretty much never mentioning the higher first we got back.