Uhhh, the Niners? Cardinals? Carroll, for all his past transgressions, is not an idiot Hes certainly not, I agree. I just don't think this dude was worth that haul. FWIW I've seen tweets where apparently several execs feel like it was a fleecing as well. Also I doubt Arizona would want to contend with that type of offer after trading a 2 and a 4 for Hopkins. 49ers, possibly. Ive also seen mention where they felt like he was bidding against himself as well. I meant he made the trade to keep up with the 9’rs and Cardinals, not nec that they would have made a trade for him. The Seahawks are still in win-now mode with Russel, but those other two teams have eclipsed them. Carroll probably felt like he had to get a stud rb to keep up, so he overpaid.