What could have been...

[Monkeydad]

I think it's kind of stupid to look at who WAS picked with our traded draft picks and assume we would've taken the same players.

Hey...we traded away that 2004 second-round pick to GET CLINTON PORTIS. Are you saying you'd rather have Champ Bailey (who didn't want to be a Redskin) and Tatum Bell (who is injury-prone, inconsistant and hasn't proven he can run in any system other than Denver's) over the face of our franchise?

Where's the Tatum Bell pick on that article you posted? Did they forget it?

Also, we got Sean Taylor in Round 1 and Cooley in the 3rd-round in 2004. It was a good draft for those picks alone! We didn't need the 2nd-round pick that helped us land Portis.

Don't forget we TRADED to get Jason Campbell (the 25th overall pick) on draft day from Denver...basically drafting him. We also took Carlos Rogers that draft, who can be a very good CB someday and we can see how much we miss his presence right now. We use the picks we keep very well.


This draft pick trading for us is nothing new...and has always had good results. The media loves to find reasons to criticize us and this is just another way to do it.
Flashback: Trades Shook Up 1971 Draft

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Buster

Hey...we traded away that 2004 second-round pick to GET CLINTON PORTIS. Are you saying you'd rather have Champ Bailey (who didn't want to be a Redskin) and Tatum Bell (who is injury-prone, inconsistant and hasn't proven he can run in any system other than Denver's) over the face of our franchise?

How would he have proven he could run in any other system if all he has played in is the Denver system?
Also, you may not have realized, but Bell was #1 in rushing yards in the AFC before this week started, after this week, he's 3rd.

Champ just wanted consistancy in coaching staff (which we have), and too much money. Yes, I'd still like to have Champ around. We could use him right now...but for that money he's not worth it and Denver will figure it out.

That being said, I there needs to be caps on player salaries. Someone like Champ can't possibly stay with the team that drafted him. Salary cap implications keep that from occuring. Or maybe have a draft benefit to the cap. Like we could pay him 10 mil (for instance) and it only count 5 mil to to the cap as a salary cap benefit for drafting him.

Ps- I do like that Jones-Drew kid (jac) from UCLA. He kind of reminds me of Barry Sanders. When was he drafted?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Ps- I do like that Jones-Drew kid (jac) from UCLA. He kind of reminds me of Barry Sanders. When was he drafted?

2nd round. 59th pick or something.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Buster

This draft pick trading for us is nothing new...and has always had good results. The media loves to find reasons to criticize us and this is just another way to do it.

Good results? When? You mean with Bobby Beathard calling the personnel shots? If that's the era you're talking about, OK, but I don't see how anyone can say the strategy we've seen under Snyder/Cerrato/Gibbs is working.

Just take a look at the team's record since Snyder owned the team. And don't count the '99 season, because that was Charley Casserly's roster.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Just take a look at the team's record since Snyder owned the team. And don't count the '99 season, because that was Charley Casserly's roster.

Hey! Football isn't judged on logic and numbers. Snyder is a great owner and does everything he can to help this team win. He wants to win soooo badly. And he's a genius because he brought back Coach Gibbs. It doesn't matter that Gibbs is 18-21 in two and a half seasons. SNydEr iz dA MaaaNNnn!!