You're right, they did. But those guys are exactly it-depth. They would still love to get their hands on Willis if they could I bet.
Cousins I have a way to get around this Broncos coup
Proposed "BLOCKBUSTER" trade:
The Skins would trade their #6 to the Pats plus S Sean Taylor and CB Carlos Rogers for the Pats CB Assante Samuel, DE Marquis Hill, the Pats #24, the Pats #127 in Round 4, the Pats #202 pick in round six.
Now before "The NFL Value Chart" Police arrest me, why and how?
The Skins were willing to swap picks with the Bears at #31. The Bears wouldn't...."bite". The wanted a couple players and perhaps a 2008 pick as well. They're still talking, but CB is a bigger need for the Skins.
The franchise tag on Samuel says a signing new team would pay the Pats two first round choices. Bill Belichick doesn't want to trade Assante, but also knows that two number ones will not happen.
The Skins need a CB as they feel Carlos Rogers has digressed.
Assante was maybe a top five CB in the league in 2006.
Marquis Hill was a second round draft choice by Belichick and is 6' 6" and 300lbs. He is not going to play in front of the stud DL players the Pats have now. The Skins are desperate for a DE. This kid maybe as good as some that will be drafted but he has NFL experience and he is still young. Part of the Skins DB problem is only 19 sacks in 2006. Hill should help and can probably play DT in a 43 scheme as well.The Redskins system might be better for the 25 year old to flourish. Either that or he is a camp casualty and we get nada.
Now the Skins get back a very valuable pick in round one at #24 a decent fourth round pick at #127 and an added sixth at #202..........Three draft choices!
The Skins wanted to convert Taylor back to SS this year after the Archuleta experiment failed. In the Draft there are a wealth of SS available at #24 and perhaps even at #127. Fox started to come on and he would be the FS. There is Rouse, Gattis, Piscitelli, Wendling, Harrison, Johnson, Payne, Dahl, Stone and more.
Or #127 can be used for another pass rushing D-lineman like Bazuin (conference record for sacks), Moses or Jay Moore might be available.
Losing Holdman might have them draft a OLB like a Beason or a Bradley.
The Wild card here? Send #24 and #127 to the Bears for Briggs. After Urlacher got involved in the contract negotiations for his buddy Lance, Lance has to go.
Let's see,…..Samuel, Briggs and Hill by the beginning of Day Two in the draft would be huge for the Redskins. They are all young players.
Now to the Pats:
The Pats needed a S and Taylor would be a perfect piece to their 2007 puzzle. Belichick lets rookies sit in most cases and prefers experience. Taylor had a down year in 2006 but is a talent. The Pats would hope he can fit their system and benefit from it and become a force once more. The Pats do not play a traditional FS, SS so with the 24 year old Taylor and a healthy Rodney Harrison in the middle next year, if your a WR, up your insurance. If you’re a RB do the same. You will get popped.
Carlos Rogers, like Hill he is an enigma. Only one INT in 2006. He has been a disappointment and an underachiever. Perhaps the same thing can be said about Hill although who is going to sit in NE with that talent. The theory is that the NE system made Samuel what he was in 2006. They are hoping they can reclaim Rogers and head him in that direction. It's a gamble but he is like Samuel, only 26.
The Pats have two number ones and can keep one of those (#28) plus they pick up the number six pick in the draft. What do they do with that? ..............Patrick Willis ILB, Mississippi. The young LB that many teams covet. Bruschi is a year older as are some of the other Pats LB's. This is a very classy, talented young man.
The Pats hold first round #28 and replace hill with an upgrade at DE/OLB, the hybrid the Pats like. David Woodley would be my pick at the choice at #28 for the Pats.
. Its' all for fun and speculation but it could work.
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