Tim Graham: BB is NFL's Master Draft Pickpocket

[BradfordPatsFan]

This article has some decent analysis of how BB and co. manipulate the draft board mixed with a good amount of humor.

LOL the Ponztriots

 

[JSn]

I admit, I laughed pretty good at this earlier this morning.

 

[Uncle Rico]

Graham can be pretty funny sometimes. Unfortunately his chats tend to be pretty useless unless funny is all you want.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

You got to love BB. I was watching the draft thinking we got to get back the 3rd and 5th which we lost from the Burgess trade. Now that was a bad trade on BB's part. So what does he do, a trade here a trade there and presto, we get back our 3rd and 5th with a 2011 2nd rounder thrown in, and we still had 5 picks in the first 3 rounds. The Master

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

We are absolutely stealing right now.

2 years in a row we've drafted the player I wanted (Butler, McCourty) but I wanted them with the original pick. Each time we traded down twice, got a #3 and still got the player. Three of those #3s were traded for #2s, one got Taylor Price. So from my standpoint, getting the player I wanted anyway, the two extra #2s this year, Price and the Carolina #2 next year were absolutely free. Crazy.

 

[Leave No Doubt]

This article has some decent analysis of how BB and co. manipulate the draft board mixed with a good amount of humor.

LOL the Ponztriots

Niice find!

Bill Belichick seems like the kind of schemer who'll find a way to win somebody else's solitaire game.

I love this

By 2016 they'll own the entire second round and 12 picks in the third.

Along with the humor lies homage, especially towards BB's patience, perseverance, and all-around willingness to keep dogging it out. It's also good to once again see some positive (albeit probably grudging lol) BB press.

 

[PatsFanJess]

They spun them into more assets and along the way probably duped the Jacksonville Jaguars into footing the tab for the draft room catering.

Probably true. I love Ponztriots.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Probably true. I love Ponztriots.

It's the advantage (something the Pats didn't have have for the first 30 plus years of their existence) of having a coach who is secure and can plan for the future versus one trying to save his job who is willing to mortgage the future, as in Carolina...

 

[patsfaninpittsburgh]

It's simply amazing how little NFL front offices can't follow the concept of trading away a pick if there is no value.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

funny stuff. that's great. thanks.