On the Favre trade there is a context that goes to my initial point about value. In 1990 and 1991 the Packers were bad and drafted in the top 5 or 6. In 1991 they traded down to get an additional first in 1992, that additional first became Favre.
And no one told you that it can't be done, the point is what is the best strategy, what is the strategy that is more likely to put you in a position to pick a superstar? If it was your job on the line, would you gamble on maybe picking an all NBA player in the second round or have the first pick in the draft? And if these teams that picked great players late seldomly do it more than once in a decade?
And of course there is no divine right for any team to become good but your argument is essentially that they shouldn't do anything to increase their odds, they should just be content with mediocrity and hope that luck land them someone because in both cases you hope.
