Broncos move from 29 to 15 for a 3rd and a 4th - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

The Gr8est · 03-23-2006, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NE_PATS_FAN_54

what???? it would be IDIOTIC to give up a 3rd and a 4th to move up 6 spots. of course denver did it, the gained nearly 15 spots with the trade. whoopy, chad jackson or lendale white. white wouldnt play for a few years and most likely will be avaible at 21.

Particularly idiotic to move up before you know that the player you want will be there.

PatsFanonCape · 03-23-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by hodgey

I can understand the kool-aid drinking bandwagon that trusts our front office no matter how it looks on the surface. BTW I am still on that wagon! For any football fan not to recognize that the Bronco's have made a trade that is heavily tilted to their side is idiotic. We would be praising our guys as geniuses if they made that same deal.

I'll try again, who cares what the Bronco's due. The Bronco's made a trade gambling on a player(s) that would/should be available at that pick, based on their projected draft. Projected drafts are a joke. Players slip down, go earlier, and teams trade up. The Pats may trade up or down, but it will be based on how the draft is going. They have never traded up a month before the draft. Tell me a year from now how well the Bronco's have done with the great trade (1st, 3rd & 4 th for the 15th pick ) and what the Pats ended up with for their 1st, 3rd, & 4th.

ayjackson · 03-23-2006, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PatsFanonCape

I'll try again, who cares what the Bronco's due. The Bronco's made a trade gambling on a player(s) that would/should be available at that pick, based on their projected draft. Projected drafts are a joke. Players slip down, go earlier, and teams trade up. The Pats may trade up or down, but it will be based on how the draft is going. They have never traded up a month before the draft. Tell me a year from now how well the Bronco's have done with the great trade (1st, 3rd & 4 th for the 15th pick ) and what the Pats ended up with for their 1st, 3rd, & 4th.

the broncos made a great trade...it would not have been available two days later, let alone on draft day...abraham was going to Atlanta or Seattle....Denver used it's leverage (picking two spots ahead of Seattle) to extort maximum value from Atlanta

when you're a solid football team, with excess mid round picks available, moving up 15 spots in the first for a third this year and a fourth next year is great business....and don't be surprised if it doesn't end there...they'll probably package them up to move up again, or trade the second one to add more later picks.

dhamz · 03-23-2006, 09:44 PM

Just curious, did the Broncos trade Jake for a legit QB in this deal?

If the answer is no, it really doesn't matter what they did. As long as they have that choking dog at QB they aren't a legit Super Bowl threat.

cubedoggy · 03-23-2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dhamz

Just curious, did the Broncos trade Jake for a legit QB in this deal?

If the answer is no, it really doesn't matter what they did. As long as they have that choking dog at QB they aren't a legit Super Bowl threat.

SoonerPatriot · 03-23-2006, 10:30 PM

I'll ignore the first part of the post because it's nonsense. My guess is Shanahan is indeed positioning himself to take a RB. Under Shanahan the Broncos have been pretty active at hoarding RBs. They seem to take 1 or 2 every season.