What a concept...
So you are saying take the talent with our pick instead of letting someone else have him.
Bill Belichick is number one on the redial button for most teams on draft day.
The days of trading out of the talent pool so we can get an extra 5th rounder in a year or two is giving me grey hair.
What you say is valid. WHEN we had talent, that formula worked well. Now our talent is fringe and depth is poor. TB, even in a down year gets us to the Play-Offs. The clock is ticking for him. You have to have outstanding talent in order to use those now most hated words to any NFL fan..."Best Player Available". Cousins let's face it, we do not have the talent of 2007 or beyond that.
We need to Draft talent if Mr. Kraft doesn't want to spend on FA for sure, but the top 53 in this draft aren't there because they won a slogan contest. They were supposedly markedly better than the 153 player etc. as rated by coaches and media etc .
One of the most successful teams ever was the 2007 Pats and we had some rather select FA's. Look at the Saints with Vilma, Sharper, Shockey, Brees, Fujita and even Randall Gay and David Thomas plus others, made the Saints what they are today. There are some premium talents there that they obtained.......NOT THROUGH THE DRAFT! Do you think the Saints are in the Super Bowl without the Trades and FA's they picked up? Absolutely NOT! So all you "build through the Draft" guys, I say you need a mix.
We have thirteen positiuons that need upgrades in 2010 at least: Both OLBs, one ILB, one CB, one DE, a Punter, two TE's, a RG, a RT, two WR's and a RB.
We only have 8 Draft picks....Now what? Think we hit on all 8?
O.K. you say the Colts are built through the Draft but take Manning away and do they make the play-offs? Nyet! That was an extreme circumstance for a one in a decade HOF player who could make Chad Jackson and Bethel Johnson look like Jerry Rice. Gracon??? Please!
My point is trade down but only after there are a few quality FA's signed so we can draft for depth and the future and get a few surprises later on.
As Mayo says, Get a Dansby or a Kampman and a Antonio Bryant (not my binkie but I get his point). Even a Merriman or a Peppers would help if you could make the right deal. O.K. Now let's screw around with these drop down picks. We had so many last year (and most worked out to be fair) BB must have been pulling names form a fish bowl toward the end of the day.
If we get blessed and have the top four choices in the top 53 work out just fine, will we be a better team in 2010? Nope! It's NOT enough and we still do not have the leaders with a veteran presence.
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