I disagree. Here is a list of players who went at pick 27...
2015: Darcy Tucker
2014: Lucas Webb
2013: Sean Lemmens
2012: James Stewart
2011: Sam Kerridge
2010: Kieran Harper
2009: Callum Bartlett
2008: Sam Wright
2007: Andy Otten
2006: Brad Howard
2005: Dylan Addison
2004: Patrick Garner
2003: Adam Campbell
2002: Darren Walsh
2001: Tom Davidson
2000: Ted Richards.
I'm not sure what sort of talet Webb is, or how Lemmens is tracking, but Witts projects better than all other pick 27's and by some margin with the exception of Richards who was ironically traded for a fire sale, he'll be playing in a grand final next week btw with Alir going down.
Maybe it's smokes and mirrors. They don't want to offer pick 23 as they want to stand firm and keep the O'Meara trade seperate, cause if they landed Jong, Sicily and Cloke, it's quite conveivable and fair that Cloke and Jog being part of the deal tunrs pick 23 to pick 14 to Collingwood.
FWIW, I think Witts will be a bargain for either pick 23 or pick 27.