Gon_Trevil

What is the true value of this year's #34?

To put it in a clearer way, how does this year's #34 parlay into 2010 picks? I think the answer is a first and a third. In my opinion, THAT is the true value of this trade. Not the cap room. Not the picks we already had. Not the depth of this draft. None of that nonsense which I actually find insulting to Bill Bellichick.

What do you think the value of this #34 pick is if we look at it in terms of what we can get as far as 2010 picks?

rsd

If anything I think the Patriots use #34 to get a guy who may have slipped out of the first round but with a first round grade.

I think their 2nd is the more likely pick to be traded for a first next year. #34 is perfect in terms of compensation given vs talent likely drafting.

LloydBraun

I vote for Beatty, the OT from UConn.

Wildo7

a first and a second next year? common.

Grizzafted

whatever we got f.ucked in this deal. f.ucked.

i'm happy for matt and mike, but this is an AFC rival team we're talking about here. playoff contender now. and we walk with the same level pick we took maroney and chad jackson in? i refuse to believe we could not have gotten a deal done with another team for better terms on this.

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Blizzzard

I wanted to say 1st. and a 3rd. but went with 1st and 2nd because the depth of this draft will cause at least 1 team to see a guy they are crazy about and give up the farm for him.

Jimke

Normally, I might agree with you. You must consider that the Patriots

have only 17 players signed beyond 2009. They face massive losses

to free agency in February 2010. What better time to stock up and

train draft picks with 2010 in mind?

Gon_Trevil

That's probably even more reason to parlay this #34 pick into 2 picks next year. The combination of a possibly uncapped NFL, so many upcoming free agents for the Pats, plus the economic recession makes draft picks simply too valuable at this point.

BradyBranch39

I voted for 1&3. It'd be nice if we could find a bad team who doesn't figure to be good in 09 to take it from us... and have a top-10 pick in 2010.

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Gon_Trevil

I know it's easy to feel we got hosed. It took me a while to get away from the feeling of getting shafted through the back door. I read all the comments and thought about it myself before coming to a conclusion and making a post.

And the conclusion is that this is not over yet. We have yet to see what happens with the #34 pick. We may pick a player with it, we may use it to move up in the first round, or we can parlay it to a first and 2nd/3rd in 2010.

Personally I am hoping for extra 2010 picks. All the reports say this draft is very deep, but draft reports are always a crapshoot. I'd not be surprised at all if when we get to the clock at #34, they announce that the pick has gotten dealt to a mediocre team for a 1st and 3rd next year, meaning a high to mid 1st and a high to mid 3rd.