Trading Up (DL Melvin Ingram or Michael Brockers) - Page 6 - New England Patriots Forums

MrNathanDrake · 04-26-2012, 11:47 PM

He didn't pick the players I thought he would a couple weeks ago.... but he DID trade up like I thought.

I think he wouldve traded up even further but thankfully all of the pass rushers fell, and then Bruce Irvin of all people got drafted which pushed the top pass rushers back to us more.

ATippett56 · 04-27-2012, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SeymourTrophies

Sometimes you have to pick a G D player. Value starts to not mean jack when the players you get for 'value' flame out. The obsession with pick hoarding is driving me crazy and back again.

If what people have been saying about the Dowling pick is true, that he was trying to trade down and wasn't prepared to actually pick someone, I will drive to Radio City Music Hall as soon as BB trades down this draft and slap him with a fish. If you actually picked a player who made a difference, having 30 picks in the draft becomes less significant.

I think your wish was granted!

MrNathanDrake · 04-27-2012, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ATippett56

Unfortunately, Bill Belichick is not in the business of appeasing to posters on the PatsFans message board. I seriously doubt Bill Belichick will trade up in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft unless he envisions value in Michael Brockers.

LOL

sorry bro... just looking through this thread and laughing at all the hate I was getting for saying we're gonna trade up!!!

MrNathanDrake · 04-28-2012, 05:46 PM

Whats funny is these guys on ESPN and NFLN who get paid big bucks to be analysts, and they were "shocked" when we traded up.

All they had to do was look at our pre draft contacts to see we were targeting players slated to go way higher than we were picking. and while we didn't pick those players, it still showed Belichick had it in his mind a few weeks before the draft that he was WILLING to trade up if he liked a prospect enough.