PATS Won't Worry About Top 5 Pick Now

[Off The Grid]

Not to beat an horse that y'all probably pounded to dust, last year, but I find this subject engaging, so I hope you don't mind that I chip in...

I actually LOVE the practice of aggressively trading veterans for Draft Picks, but selectively.

Unless it was before or during the Draft, and I was sure of upgrading him, I don't know if there's any circumstance under which I would trade a starting Grizzly ~ of either Front Line ~ and particularly not Richard Seymour. It all starts in the Trenches, by God, and you can't jettison an Impact Player of Seymour's caliber, right before the season, without crippling your chances of competing for a Championship. I'm with you 100%, Brothah!! :snob:

I'd trade guys like Ben Watson ~ a year ago ~ and Laurence Maroney, before the Draft, thank you, so that those Picks can go right to work, and last year I was pounding the table to move Matt Light, with a mind towards drafting OT Charlie Brown.

What I would've LOVED to've done, though, is to've franchised Randy Moss after he broke the TD record ~ and was just turning 31 ~ and moved'm to the highest bidder, IF it was high enough.

Considering what Marshall just fetched ~ at a sharp discount, as everyone knew they wanted rid of'm ~ there's no WAY we wouldn't've gotten at LEAST 2 consecutive 1st Rounders for'm.

I have little doubt we would've been able to hijack the RedSkins for both their 2008 AND 2009 1st Rounders, which would've ended up being #21 + #13.

LT Duane Brown
LB Brian Orakpo

Damn, that would've been sweet.

That would've been perfect.

Somebody got a couple Billion they aren't using? I want to buy the Patriots.

While I'm with you in spirit one problem you will run into is how much it'll cost to pay all of those early drafted guys...

Actually, Duane Brown and Brian Orkapo are only pulling down $5 Million a year combined. We'd've actually saved a big chunk of Cap Space.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

I still think it was a bad trade for one reason only he is still a productive player. A top 5 defensive lineman that we haven't replaced. If it's true that the Pats were offered Oakland's #1 in 2010 but instead took the 2011 #1 because of the new CBA I would be very disappointed, this team has no money issues and it means they aren't doing all they can to win every year especially when your franchise qb is still at the top of his game. Look at the players they could have had with that pick. There are many people on this site that have forgotten how this run began they got lucky with a 6th round pick which turned into a franchise qb and yes they used the 5th pick in the draft to pick Richard Seymour how did that work out for them.

Well, #6 is a pretty good pick, but it's not Top 5.