And this was the problem that existed with Pace and always trading up. When the player doesn't work out for whatever reason, you lose the opportunity cost of multiple picks. The man had no patience in his roster building.
I know it's hindsight, but to put it in perspective: If Pace had not traded up for Jenkins and knew how to evaluate OL, he could have stayed put and drafted Creed Humphrey and Spencer Brown instead of Jenkins. Probably keep Leno and dump Graham in that scenario. The offensive line would have been in immensely better shape overall.
The other possibility, again in hindsight, instead of two lineman would have been using the 3rd on a guy like Amon-ra St. Brown. So, Creed and Amon-ra. You think that might have been pretty helpful for building around your rookie qb?
My point is that his trade-ups meant that Pace always had to hit on the players he did draft because he gave himself less chances to miss. So, when he did miss, it hurt the team even more as they didn't have the depth to absorb the miss.
