With a bid for Blakey expected in the to 10 we had three options with it first round pick.
1. Trade it at for a player, using later picks y to match the bid.
2. Try to use that pick to work out a trade up the draft to try to get a pick in before Blakey.
3. Trade it away for multiple lower picks that gave us more points.
The downside of option 1 is that it would lead to our draft position being severely undermined. We would use all our second and maybe third round picks to match Blakey, meaning any other picks would come very late in the draft. Option 2 is risky because we could still end up having a high bid and having to "waste" the improved pick on Blakey. Option 3 allows us to bid on Blakey and keep a few draft picks within the second round.
We still don't know what we are going to be getting for Hannebery. Maybe it looks like a player will come to us through that trade, hence using the round one pick to improve draft position rather than seek another established player? Best wait and see what happens before riding to judge.
We do nothing, people complain. We do something, people complain. I think there is little that will ever make some people on here happy.