Now that Martavis Bryant’s season is officially over, there are many folks saying ‘what a waste’. But this one isn’t matter of hindsight 20/20 (or 50/50). Anyone with actual sight would see that trade was a mistake from the moment it was made.
Let’s go back a way to... the moment the trade was made.
At the time of the trade, Reggie McKenzie said the Raiders were treating the Bryant trade like a draft pick. If judged on the criteria we typically judge draft picks, it was a bad one.