jeffd

After seeing Dante Stallworth get traded for an decent starting LB and a probable 3rd round pick (NFL network reported the only condition to the pick was playing time, no stats). I'm not the biggest Branch fan but I feel he is head and shoulders above Stallworth. I'm beginning to think he can possibly bring in a 1st round pick, which the Pats should take for him.

Johnny Z

Representing the Green Bay packers, I offer:

Nick Barnett
Robert Ferguson
Rod Gardner
Chaz Woodson
a 4th-round conditional draft pick.

3 1st-rounders and a player projected to be a 1st-rounder if he had stayed in school.

Oh, and your team will be significantly worse off.

PatsRI

Felger disagrees saying that the trade for Stallworth lowers the asking price. He also thinks Stallworth may be better than Branch:

Based on that return, it’s nearly impossible to conceive a scenario in which the Pats would receive a first- or second-round pick for Branch.

A case even could be made that Stallworth is worth more than Branch.

Stallworth, 25 and a 2002 first-round draft pick, caught 70 passes for 945 yards and seven touchdowns last year. He is 6-feet, 195 pounds.

Branch, 27 and a second rounder in ’02, had 78 catches for 998 yards and five touchdowns last year. He is 5-9, 190 pounds.

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dryheat44

Stallworth is better than Branch in a vacuum. What kept the price down is that he seems to miss 3-6 games a year hurt, and he's supposedly developed an ego problem over the last year.

Branch seems to miss 3-6 games a year hurt (last year being the exception), and he's developed an ego problem over the last few months.

Seems like a pretty good comparison.

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PatsWickedPissah

Teams routinely use a 1st round pick to draft a colleg WR that they believe may develop into a #1 NFL WR.

IF The Twig is a Top 10 #1 WR, like the money he is requesting for his services, then why wouldn't a team give a 1st round pick for a young, NFL proven WR?

That conundrum is what this is all about.

smg93

It makes a trade for him that much tougher. I don't think the Pats will accept anything less than a 2nd rounder if that. Stallworth's deal not only takes away one suitor, but lowers his marketability to other suitors in my opinion.

BelichickFan

Felger's arguement was stupid as the Saints wanted to get rid of him - he should look to Lelie who got a #3 and #4 or Javon Walker who got a #2, Walker is very good but was coming off ACL surgery.

deeds

Just my opinion but, I think it helps set his value... You can forget about a 1st round pick maybe a 2nd and conditional compensation (maybe a later round pick based on performance)

The Eagles basically gave up a mid-to-late 3rd or 4th and the equivilent of Monty Beisel for Stallworth. Nowhere near the two 1st round picks rumored!

BelichickFan

It doesn't, the Patriots don't have to trade him and don't have to next year either if they Franchise him. They Patriots will set his value, not the Saints.

bucky

Amen. Just look at Clayton's article on ESPN.com. Stallworth's buddy Joe Horn talks about how Stallworth's professionalism isn't anywhere near what it should be and how the Saints' staff wanted to get rid of him. Doesn't sound like an apples to apples comparison at all. You really have to wonder how much Felger follows the NFL.