[Flaxwless]

I would not be against the trade so much if he hadn't made the Shipp deal or vice versa.

For me in the Shipp deal he traded 1.3 for a known commodity in Shipp.
But in the Shockey deal he traded an known commodity, Shockey, for an unknown one.

So really for me his two trades does nothing to improve this year and slightly improvement for the future, although that's debatable.

Really he has traded the:

1.3 and Shockey
for
Shipp, 11th overall, LJ Smith

I would have much rather have...

Shipp
Shockey
16th overall
18th overall

instead of

Shipp
LJ Smith
11th overall
16th overall
18th overall

The 11th pick overall is less than the value of Shockey IMO, and apprently the Opihi agree. The way I see it he would recieve the same quality of talent at 1.16 and 2.1 than at 1.11 so there isn't any pressing need to pick up that pick.

To put it simpler:

Shockey, 16th overall, 18th overall > LJ Smith, 11th overall, 16th overall, 18th overall

But we'll see. The Shipp deal, is a solid deal if Philly wanted to win this year, but in dealing Shockey he almost negated the Shipp deal.