JoeSixPat
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One thing we all like around here second only to beating a team in a game is beating them in the draft
Case in point, DeWayne Robertson who, as I'm sure you all recall, was drafted at #4 as BB spooked the Jets into trading away a 1st round pick to move up and grab him.
The Patriots wound up sitting "pat" for awhile, finally trading up one spot to grab Ty Warren at #13
you can look at the #s for yourselves, but they are pretty comparable, both for this season and for their careers thus far
Robertson - http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6340
Warren - http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6349
Robertson gets a few more sacks, but Warren has a few more solo tackles (and I chalk that up to different defensive schemes... but also keep in mind Robertson has missed a few games this season)
So instead of squandering their 2nd first round choice the Pats opted to trade it to Baltimore for a future first rounder, figuring there was better value to be had in later rounds (and I'd say they were right, judging by the contributions of Eugene Wilson, Dan Koppen, Assante Samuel, Dan Klecko, Bethel Johnson and Tully Banta-Cain)
... and of course there was that 1st round pick from Baltimore who the Pats used to take some guy named Vince Wilfork, who continues to develop into a pretty decent run stopper
So my unbiased opinion is that the Patriots got the better part of this deal.
Case in point, DeWayne Robertson who, as I'm sure you all recall, was drafted at #4 as BB spooked the Jets into trading away a 1st round pick to move up and grab him.
The Patriots wound up sitting "pat" for awhile, finally trading up one spot to grab Ty Warren at #13
you can look at the #s for yourselves, but they are pretty comparable, both for this season and for their careers thus far
Robertson - http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6340
Warren - http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6349
Robertson gets a few more sacks, but Warren has a few more solo tackles (and I chalk that up to different defensive schemes... but also keep in mind Robertson has missed a few games this season)
So instead of squandering their 2nd first round choice the Pats opted to trade it to Baltimore for a future first rounder, figuring there was better value to be had in later rounds (and I'd say they were right, judging by the contributions of Eugene Wilson, Dan Koppen, Assante Samuel, Dan Klecko, Bethel Johnson and Tully Banta-Cain)
... and of course there was that 1st round pick from Baltimore who the Pats used to take some guy named Vince Wilfork, who continues to develop into a pretty decent run stopper
So my unbiased opinion is that the Patriots got the better part of this deal.