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OK, Who am I trading now that I hate?
I don't hate Brace. I have no real thoughts on him but he fits a 4-3 DT better than our supposed 3-4 so I guess I am pretty cool to understand that and you don't. My poorly thought out trade makes sense but as I have said, yes financials must be considered. I did make mention.
If you read what I said, please note that I felt Brace was a pick that had a lot to do with VWs contract. I actually thought about that. Did you? Agree?
FACT:
They Lions want out of 2
Although I am not a Suh jock sniffer, he could make sense in our D and arguably one of the best D-Linemen in the last few years.
He would adapt quite nicely to a 5 Tech DE like Seymour.
Seymour would have cost us more to keep (financials)
We have some ammo that the Lions could like
The Lions had interest in DT Hargrove and he was resigned by the Saints who intend to keep him.
If they get a DT, there are four decent OT's that will be available around #22 for the Lions
Brace is better suited for a 4-3 DT and was a second round talent.
Brace will sit third NT behind VW and Pryor (perhaps even Wright)
If BB sees a pick at second third or tenth in the Draft he will go after that guy if he needs to. He traded up for Jackson and Slater and they were never a win. Maybe Suh would be.
Our non CBA financial situation is not bad this year.
There are no guarantees that a new CBA will be done in 2011 and the Financials could be worse or as bad.
DW Toys
Where to begin...a better question might be why even bother. You don't grasp value and you have no understanding whatsoever of financials as you call them. The trade down potential from the top three picks in the first is dramatically skewed by the draft chart. Those picks are wildly overvalued compared to the rest of the draft. That is why so few teams can manage to trade down year after year. Similarly the compensation for those players in particular but the top 8-10 in general is so out of whack value wise that it's a stretch to draft well there at all let alone after surrendering picks that financially represent better value like late first rounders to do so... The Lions had a chance to swap a third for a RFA DT. They passed it up. Probably because they realized they were guaranteed the opportunity to snag a second round talent at the top of the third this season as well as a first round talent at the top of the second. This is a draft where first round grades run 40 deep per our own FO (specifically Floyd Reese in his comments this weekend).
Last year the #2 pick signed a deal for 5/$62M with $33M guaranteed. Seymour at 31 would have signed that extension in a heartbeat. The Patriots can't afford to have that much (20% or more of a cap) tied up on their front 3 before you even contemplate extending their HOF QB (another 12%) and pro bowl LG (whose extension will run 6%).
Do you understand that trading up in the second or beyond is a matter of multiples of single and double digits that can be accommodated with day 3 picks. Trading up in the first is a matter of double or triple digits and if you're trading up from the bottom third to the top tier you're talking triple and even quadruple digits that can only be accommodated by trading away multiple day one or two picks. You not only pay more for that priviledge, you lose the potential services or future trade value of one additional highly graded player for 4-5+ seasons.
We have already committed to Vince this season ($20M guaranteed) and Bodden )$10M guaranteed) and we have yet to deal with Brady and Mankins. Whether there is a CBA or not there will be a rookie contract cap in effect in 2011 because that is what the owners will opt for and absent a new CBA they won't agree to without it they will get to make the operational rules without NFLPA input as if they were a non union entity. Next season the #1-10 draft picks will likely see less than half the guaranteed or non salary money they can presently expect to see in their rookie deal. And if the tradeoff (if their is one bargained) is for a shorter term or committment, it will be even less than that... In a shallow 2011 draft we are perfectly positioned with 2 firsts and a second. I wouldn't trade them for anything at this juncture because they will potentially be the only truly useful/potential impact picks in that draft. Next year everyone will be looking to draft up, and likely finding it as difficult a sell as drafting down this year.
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