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OK, we all know that you can "manufacture" draft value over the long term by trading into the future. We also know that BB is the leading practitioner of this little art. But I was surprised to discover that he's the ONLY practitioner of it.
I just reviewed the past three drafts, looking for every major transfer of value from a current to future draft. Here's the full list of trades involving a day 1 or 2 pick where the clear majority of the compensation was in future picks:
2009
Seattle #37 Denver's 2010 1st
San Francisco #43 + #11 for Carolina's 2010 1st
New England #73 for Jax 2009 7th + 2010 2nd
New England #89 for Tennessee 2010 2nd
2010
New England #89 for Carolina 2011 2nd
2011
New England #28 for New Orleans #56 + 2012 1st
New England #92 + #125 for Oakland #219 + 2012 2nd
That's 5 out of 7 for Belichick, and every single example for the past 2 years. IOW, nobody else does this at all. Even trade-happy Philadelphia makes most of its hay trading players for picks, or smaller deals like a high 4th this year for a low 4th this year + next year's 4th. Only BB runs a high-pick assembly line.
(BTW all of that trading away does't mean that the Patriots "don't use their picks." In fact, they drafted an incredible 16 players in the top 3 rounds over that period.)
I just reviewed the past three drafts, looking for every major transfer of value from a current to future draft. Here's the full list of trades involving a day 1 or 2 pick where the clear majority of the compensation was in future picks:
2009
Seattle #37 Denver's 2010 1st
San Francisco #43 + #11 for Carolina's 2010 1st
New England #73 for Jax 2009 7th + 2010 2nd
New England #89 for Tennessee 2010 2nd
2010
New England #89 for Carolina 2011 2nd
2011
New England #28 for New Orleans #56 + 2012 1st
New England #92 + #125 for Oakland #219 + 2012 2nd
That's 5 out of 7 for Belichick, and every single example for the past 2 years. IOW, nobody else does this at all. Even trade-happy Philadelphia makes most of its hay trading players for picks, or smaller deals like a high 4th this year for a low 4th this year + next year's 4th. Only BB runs a high-pick assembly line.
(BTW all of that trading away does't mean that the Patriots "don't use their picks." In fact, they drafted an incredible 16 players in the top 3 rounds over that period.)
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