The argument from Niners Nation seems to be about the price of giving up draft picks to get Curry. Personally, I’ve always been of the opinion that draft picks are like gold and teams should always try to acquire more instead of trading them away to move up in the draft. Simply put, the 49ers have a lot of holes to fill and Aaron Curry isn’t going to suddenly turn them into a playoff-caliber team, so they’re better off holding onto their draft picks.

It depends on the picks. 5th rounders and below are often expendable as you can gain them when you trade guys in salary cap dumps. It’s the 2nd through 4th rounders that are so important. Those are future starters at a fraction of the cost of the first rounders oftentimes. You have to hold onto those—they make or break your team in the next couple of years. For Aaron Curry—he’s a 1st round guy and top 5, sometimes it’s worth losing a 2nd rounder for next year and swapping your first or whatever you need to do to grab a guy. If you want him, I always believe it’s better to get him than to lose out on someone you really want and “hope” next year will have a similar talent.