(Merged) Jason Campbell

[Longtimefan]

How do you figure we gave up two first round picks for Campbell? We only had the 9th pick in the first round this year, so in essence we gave up next years 1st & 4th plus this years 3rd for him. Considering how difficult it might be to sing a 1st rounder next year anyway, this could be a good move. Only time will tell whether it's good or not so good

[joecrisp]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

How do you figure we gave up two first round picks for Campbell? We only had the 9th pick in the first round this year, so in essence we gave up next years 1st & 4th plus this years 3rd for him. Considering how difficult it might be to sing a 1st rounder next year anyway, this could be a good move. Only time will tell whether it's good or not so good

I'm looking at the TOTAL price, not just the subtotal. When you consider how many total draft picks were invested in Jason Campbell, you get:

1st rounder (from the Broncos), #25 overall, 2005
3rd rounder (to the Broncos), #76 overall, 2005
1st rounder, 2006 (to the Broncos)
4th rounder, 2006 (to the Broncos)

That's TWO first rounders, a 3rd rounder and a 4th rounder that the Skins weren't able to use on other players. They used them ALL to pick Jason Campbell. If it makes you feel better, you can say we used the Bronco's first-rounder this year, IN ADDITION TO our 1st rounder next year in order to pick Jason Campbell.

When the draft comes around next year, and someone asks me who the Skins picked with their first rounder, I'll tell them "Jason Campbell". When that confused individual asks, "but didn't the Skins pick him last year?", I'll say, "yeah, but they spent their first rounder this year to pick him with someone else's first rounder last year". In other words, we spent a first rounder in 2005, AND a first rounder in 2006 in order to draft him.

You can't just toss out the pick that was acquired from the Broncos when considering the total price. That pick was spent, and it was spent on Jason Campbell.

Hope I cleared that up.