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Originally Posted by ingibbswetrust
I agree that we should be building through the draft (and that we don't need Briggs) but at a position like WR, I really feel this is a trade worth making. I've been struggling with this lately and I keep coming back to the cowboys getting TO and the lions drafting flop after flop at the WR position. The cowboys took a huge gamble on bringing TO to town and it has put their offense over the top. Just look at them without him over the last few games of this season, they were an average offense at best and with him they are 2nd best offense the NFL.
We're mediocore as is on the offensive side of the ball and I really feel if we could have CJ open up the vertical game and take double teams off of Santana it would open up things for Moss, ARE in the slot and cooley over the middle (and of course the run game).
Depending on what we have to give up, I think this is a risk worth taking. Even if we were to draft a WR, that's a huge risk when we could draft a dependable linemen. This would obviously be an expensive trade for us but at least we know what we're getting in return (which we didn't really with B. Lloyd) , which is a bonafide game changing consistent WR for the next 5 years.
That's my vote. HAIL.
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The main point is though that the ability to trade for Chad Johnson directly conflicts with the ability to draft linemen.
A trade makes sense for the Redskins because this is the first year in a long time we won't be able to outbid the opposition on the FA market. With the cap room we have, we can still offer a fair market deal, but another team would find it no issue at all to match or exceed our deal, because they aren't limited by the cap. That's why we have interest in Johnson.
However, that still doesn't mean that we can aquire him cheaply. The price tag the Bengals want is a first and a third, or two seconds. Let's say that we can negotiate a lower price tag: say a second now, and a third next year. Well, we still have to address the following positions in the next two years: CB, C, G, DE, DT, but now we have one fewer first day pick to do it with.
Knowing this franchise, that likely means we neglect the offensive line another year, and our offense declines, despite Johnson's presence. Though we would still be competitive, we've made no net gain in 2008, and are down a 3rd round pick in 2009.
And that's all assuming we negotiate a more reasonable price...not something Danny's exactly known for doing.