Casserly Calls This Draft Best in 27 Years, Expects More Trades

[Seneschal2]

Casserly Calls This Draft Best in 27 Years, Expects MoreTrades - Arrowhead Pride

Charlie Casserly is a former general manager for the Houston Texans and now spends his time with the guys at CBS on the pregame show. With his background in the NFL, he's in-tune with the draft process and the mindset of a lot of high ranking football executives.

That's why I was intrigued to hear him call the upcoming NFL Draft the best since the famed 1983 draft, which produced a few Hall of Famers.

"First of all," he said moments ago, "I think this is the best first round that I have seen since Dan Marino's draft year of 1983. And the reason is this: There are more first round juniors in this draft than I have ever seen."

He calls Sam Bradford, and not Jimmy Clausen, the best quarterback in the draft.

"Next," he continued, "I think you'll see more trades this year and here's why. The draft is broken up into three days this year. The first round is on Thursday night, Friday night is rounds two and three, and on Saturday rounds four through seven.

"With all that extra time in between the rounds, that will lead to more trades."

This is a great point that I don't think has been addressed enough. Many trades don't get done simply because of a hesitancy to pull the trigger in the 15 minute allotment each team receivers to make a pick.

Casserly also said the Patriots could be in line to be hurt the most from free agency. They have six key players who could be free agents and two of them - TE Ben Watson and DE Jarvis Green - should see some decent offers.

The Chiefs, of course, potentially have needs at both those positions.

 

[miDeuce]

Charlie Casserly? Who's been wrong more than him. He's right about as often as a meteorologist. -BB

 

[carolinatony]

I can NOT comment on the talent level but I do agree with him on this point

"With all that extra time in between the rounds, that will lead to more trades."

 

[Jimke]

This is the year for the Patriots to hold onto their picks

rather than enrich other teams.

 

[Armchair Quarterback]

Great now Belichick will trade all of his 2010 picks for future picks just to spite Casserly.

 

[BelichickFan]

This is the year for the Patriots to hold onto their picks
rather than enrich other teams.

The "enriching of other teams" to which you refer is how we ended up with three #2s in this strong draft.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

The "enriching of other teams" to which you refer is how we ended up with three #2s in this strong draft.

A trade off occurs. The other team is enriched short term and we have to wait a year or more before we are enriched.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

I think that the new draft format will make the Pats a big time player in trades. If you think about it, assuming that the Pats don't trade up in the first round. They will have from say midnight Thursday to Friday night to entertain offers for anyone of their 3 2nd round picks.

 

[mgteich]

The patriots have from NOW until Friday night to entertain trade offers for the three Round Two picks.

I think that the new draft format will make the Pats a big time player in trades. If you think about it, assuming that the Pats don't trade up in the first round. They will have from say midnight Thursday to Friday night to entertain offers for anyone of their 3 2nd round picks.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

The patriots have from NOW until Friday night to entertain trade offers for the three Round Two picks.

Yeah, but after the first round is over, teams are going to target the players that are left, much like there is always some movement at the begining of the second day of the draft (what used to be the first pick in the second round) this will now move to the second round. Whereas before the second round started five minutes after the 32nd pick, now it starts 20 hours later......

 

[BelichickFan]

The patriots have from NOW until Friday night to entertain trade offers for the three Round Two picks.

They usually trade for players not picks. Until the first round is over they can't trade for players without knowing who's gone.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

They usually trade for players not picks. Until the first round is over they can't trade for players without knowing who's gone.

OTOH, Belichick has said that unlike most teams, he is comfortable with trading up without a specific target in mind; of course, I don't think he'll trade up or down before the draft starts.

 

[Jimke]

The "enriching of other teams" to which you refer is how we ended up with three #2s in this strong draft.

The Patriots do not start off this post season with a rock solid
roster. Lots of holes need to be filled. Every free agent they
lose will create another hole. I think that this year the Patriots
need to concentrate more on the 2010 season than future seasons.

 

[BelichickFan]

The Patriots do not start off this post season with a rock solid roster. Lots of holes need to be filled. Every free agent they
lose will create another hole. I think that this year the Patriots
need to concentrate more on the 2010 season than future seasons.

That's fine and you may be right depending on how FA goes. But snotty remarks about trading down are silly when you look at the values we've often gotten. Look at the trade downs from last year and what those picks turned into (hint : #2s this year) and they're tough to argue with. Arguing that we need to draft better is far stronger that we need to stop trading down.

 

[captain stone]

Casserly Calls This Draft Best in 27 Years, Expects MoreTrades - Arrowhead Pride

Casserly expects Jarvis Green to receive decent offers? Really?

I hope he does, and signs the highest one (and it better not be ours); that means a higher comp pick for us in 2011.