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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
After sleeping on this the deal as proposed right now doesn't seem that bad to me. Would I want them to do it? No. But remember (as some have already pointed out) the price tag of a franchise player is two first rounders. In this scenario the Skins still keep a 1st rounder and get a franchise quality player. Can anyone deny what a great LB corps this would be with Washington, Fletcher, and Briggs... with Marshall and McIntosh coming off the bench?!
I think the Skins would actually be coming out ahead on this deal if they were to do it, that being said I'm not in favor of it.
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This is the sort of logic that kind of makes me think this deal will get done. I can just see Danny now, thinking what a great deal it is because the normal price for a Franchise Player is two first round picks and he would only be giving up the equivalent of the #16 overall pick (in points; which is something to remember to those who say we aren't losing a first round pick, actually we are giving up the equivalent of a mid-first round pick). BUT how often do Franchise Players get traded? Ummmmm, that's right NEVER. The Sean Gilbert deal was the last one (which worked great for the Skins, maybe all these stupid trades are karma for that one, as they say payback is a b&#th). This is NOT a deal. I would be something else if the Redskins were giving up a 2nd round pick (which is basically the value that I think ANY OTHER FRANCHISE would give in a trade for Briggs) but this is giving up an elite pick for a non-elite position player. Linebackers are just not DTs or CBs or QBs, AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DRAFT AN ELITE PLAYER AT ONE OF THE ELITE POSITIONS AT #6!!! I cannot emphasize enough how horrible a move this is, not because Briggs is a bad player, but because YET AGAIN the Redskins look poised to vastly overpay for a player. Someone wake me up with the Dan Snyder nightmare is over. Even though I'm still pretty young, I fear that I might not see the end of it . . .