I understand the sentiment, but it as bit early to say we lost.

The ironic thing about this trade is if NE was on the other end, trading an underperforming TE with a high salary who had key drops last year, money that isn't justified due to injuries and other issues while relying on the younger up and coming talent to produce instead in the future, everyone would still be talking about what a genius BB is for doing it.

Its a good move for both teams, one of the rare situations.

Bill has had alot of success, so people will assume he is making a great move. When you succeed enough people forget your failures.