Carolina Trades Up

So Carolina has traded up to get Philly's 19th overall pick and takes T Jeff Otah. This was a bit of a curveball, because I think Carolina has done plenty this season to fix their O-line. Nonetheless, it looks like they really want to get the running game going and protect their QB, so I would project Otah is going to originally start inside at LG. He's probably going to stay there, since I don't see him unseating either Travelle Wharton or Jordan Gross anytime soon. 

Whoa. Compensation is for Philly's pick is Carolina's 2nd round draft pick, their 4th round pick, and their 1rst rounder in 2009. I do not really think that Otah is worth that at all. The potential for him to be less than a superstar player is too great, and when you give up two first rounders (the one used to draft him and 2009's first rounder) to get him that's what you absolutely expect. Philly came up on the top end of this deal.