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I don't know that I would consider a 2nd and a 4th "cheap", but time will tell if it was a valuable pick or not. The kicker to move up a year wasn't enough to make me not like the trade.
As far as Miller, I'm excited that he's looking like he will be the starting slot. Most rookie WRs don't put up big numbers their first year. Hopefully this allows him to be the exception and not the rule.
Related to paragraph one and the price being "cheap"- In the real world, the reason current assets are more valuable than future assets is primarily the time value of money, which includes alternative investments. In the NFL, the reason current draft picks are more valuable than future picks primarily has to do with the short duration of regimes and the pressure to "win now". There Browns thought process was legit, they just had poor execution (Wentz was worth more than so the picks) and not enough job security. The Patriots have been doing it for years. Smart teams should take advantage of the additional capital from a trade to future years.
Since it was for a 2nd we didn't have, it cost us a 4th. Actually less than that value considering it was next years 2nd. Awesome trade for what the thought was the 3rd best WR in this draft.