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Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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From today's MMQB
To get these players, New England made three trades. Logan Mankins was sent to Tampa in August for Wright and a 2015 fourth-round pick. New England sent its sixth-round pick to Tennessee for Ayers plus Tennessee’s seventh. New England sent its fifth-round pick to Tampa Bay for Casillas and Tampa’s sixth.
If the season ended today, Tampa would hold the fourth pick in the draft, Tennessee fifth and New England 31st. Obviously, those will change, but for the sake of this discussion, assume that’s where each will choose, and assume the overall picks I will use in this example correspond with the overall picks from 2014 draft, which include compensatory picks.
So what New England gave was this: Mankins, pick 171 and pick 207.
What New England gets: A No. 2 tight end (Wright), a starting-caliber linebacker in Ayers, and a backup linebacker/special-teamer in Casillas, and picks 104, 180 and 220.
To get these players, New England made three trades. Logan Mankins was sent to Tampa in August for Wright and a 2015 fourth-round pick. New England sent its sixth-round pick to Tennessee for Ayers plus Tennessee’s seventh. New England sent its fifth-round pick to Tampa Bay for Casillas and Tampa’s sixth.
If the season ended today, Tampa would hold the fourth pick in the draft, Tennessee fifth and New England 31st. Obviously, those will change, but for the sake of this discussion, assume that’s where each will choose, and assume the overall picks I will use in this example correspond with the overall picks from 2014 draft, which include compensatory picks.
So what New England gave was this: Mankins, pick 171 and pick 207.
What New England gets: A No. 2 tight end (Wright), a starting-caliber linebacker in Ayers, and a backup linebacker/special-teamer in Casillas, and picks 104, 180 and 220.