Just how bad was the Falcons trade?

[skinster]

In the offseason of little activity, I've gone back to looking at the draft. For easy access, the Falcons traded their first, second, fourth, and next years first and fourth do the browns to get Julio Jones.

I'm looking at what they could have done this year if they didn't draft Jones. At the first round spot they were at, Johnathan Baldwin was drafted. At the second rounder they gave up, greg little was drafted and randall cobb was still available.

Forget the other positions that were available, the Falcons clearly wanted a second WR in this draft. IMO the most sucessful passing teams in this league have depth at WR as opposed to having 2 all stars. I would personally rather have Greg Little (or randall cobb....or torrey smith if they were willing to part with that 4th to trade up) and Johnathan Baldwin over Julio Jones. And then you add in the fact that they gave up two more 4th rounders and next years 1st. And then you add in the fact that as the 6th pick Jones will make tripple what Little and Baldwin will make combined. It just seems like the worst draft swap strategy I've heard of since Ricky Williams.