I don't see it. And if the Jets aren't willing to do it, why should we be giving up multiple picks to do it?
Or Conner Williams and Michael Gallup? Or Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis?
While others play Madden football?
You have to at some point. That's how one team succeeds while another one fails. Anybody can see a good player after the fact, and throw picks and market setting money along with it. That takes no brains or skills at all. That's why it's a mistake, not a smart idea.
Some of you aren't for anyone getting paid. Dallas has the money to add a good, young player who can play out his contract and likely will be better than any safety the team can draft. The Jets seem to be at an impasse with Adams, but just because they don't want to pay him doesn't mean he isn't worth it.
Right now, I'd take Adams over any of the combination of players you mentioned that we took with our second- and third-round picks. He's an All-Pro while most of them are just good and won't even warrant a second contract here.
Being realistic about the approach you would take isn't playing Madden football. I offered what I thought was fair. If the Jets aren't interested in that, I wouldn't want Dallas to offer any more than that. It may take two firsts to get him, but I'm not interested in him at that price. (If you are using the term in reference to believing that Dallas doesn't have the money to afford Adams, that's just fallacy.)
Success is part draft, part proven player acquisition. You've got to strike a balance, which the Joneses have failed to do over the years, either leaning one was or the other, hurting this teams chances of success. You don't win on every draft pick; no team does. Strategic use of free agency and trades is important.
Right now, we have two starting free safeties. Adams is one of the best strong safeties in the game. Acquiring him for the right price would be a great get for turning this defense around.