Trade terms

Nice! A second next year will be great.

Now that's a solid trade. Planning for the future and still getting some ammo to move in the 6th if they want a guy

Oops, the 6th is compensatory. No moving up....oh well. They'll still do something with it

It's like stealing candy from a baby sometimes. Do you think other teams get upset when they see these trades?

Fantastic trade, the Jags are likely to be poor again next year so this should be a high second round pick

Excellent!

I love the Jaguars, but they could struggle again, this year, and that pick we're picking up looks like about the 40th to 45th, a GREAT value for the 73rd!

And an extra 7th is just gravy. Hopefully we'll trade it forward!

That's ONE. More to come, methinks!

Hey guys - when all this trading is done, could you put together a summary of what we got for all the trades? For example, Cassel and Vrabel for Chung...

As expected, Coach Bill ANNIHILATED my perception of what we should be doing, in the first 2 rounds!

And that is fine with ME! In Bill We Trust!

By far, the most underrated aspect of managing a football team is the Salary Cap, the constraints of which force all teams to plan a good 3 to 5 years ahead. While that may seem ridiculous ~ and of course it IS ~ the ones who fail to do so ~ and that's at least 25 of the 32 teams, frankly! ~ continually and constantly watch, helplessly, as their teams get torn apart, as they are forced to let more of their Core leave than they can possibly afford.

The rest of the league was cutting the distance between them and Coach Bill, ere the last 4 years...

But Coach Bill is pulling away, surging, once again, and doing so right before our very eyes...VERY reminiscent of Bill Walsh and the Miners of the latter 80's.

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In short, Coach Bill wasn't feeling the love for Maualuga, Matthews, et cetera...or any of the rest of the Top 32. He just didn't see them as being worth investing a Gold Chip Pick in...or, more importantly, in investing precious Salary Cap Room in.

Now, we've got 4 2nd Round Picks, and 4 3rd Round Picks.

That...is INSANE.

That is INSANE.

Right now, most Yankees are howling in rage, because Coach Bill didn't draft anyone most'f us'f ever HEARD of.

But those folks don't realize how SEISMIC this weekend's event have BEEN.

The most damaging attribute of The Salary Cap Era has been DEPTH. Had the Salary Cap not forced us ~ even with the truly MAGNIFICENT management of Coach Bill and Counselor Pioli, ere the last 9 years ~ to strip down our Reserves to vulnerable levels, we wouldn't've bottomed out at Running Back in 2005, at Wide Receivers in 2006, at LineBackers in 2007, and at QuarterBacks in 2008.

We would've, most likely, won an additional 4 Super Bowls...and been working on our 7th consecutive, right now.

The Salary Cap is EVIL.

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DEPTH.

Depth of Talent.

Depth of young, talented players of Skill and Ferocity at all positions.

Because of YEARS of judicious, patient, and disciplined management of Draft Picks and Veterans, Coach Bill has put us in...an extraordinary position.

We went into this draft with the deepest and most talented team in the WORLD. In the WORLD.

We went into this draft with two guys who I'm betting will soon be considered the Greatest Coach AND the Greatest QuarterBack of All Time.

We went into this draft with a fusion of talent, experience, depth, and youth that is the ENVY of all other 31 teams.

And now we're in the middle of surging FAR ahead of where we already were.

8 picks in the first 3 Rounds???

The value of having a DEEP roster of young, talented, and dedicated professionals, playing for BEANS...can NOT be overestimated.

We are going to have ~ minus whichever number of picks we trade forward to enhance NEXT year's draft ~ anywhere from 6 to 8 Top 3 Round picks ~ and an equally advantageous position NEXT year! ~ who we'll be able to lock up for 5 YEARS, as they and the other young talents we already have infuse a TIDAL WAVE of Speed, Power, and Ferocity into this team of passionate, self-sacrificing GREATS that it is truly a privilege to root for.

Coach Bill just took out a Lien on the next 5 years.

As INSANE as it is to even say it, the best years of the Patriots are almost certainly yet to come.

I can't believe it.

Actually we can do it now Chance. We get a stronger legitimate Super Bowl team that's well prepared for next years class that appears to be much better than the player pool of this years'.

It's a very good question, Chance...

But can you EVER assess that, without a LOT of room for interpretation?

For instance: Cassel and Vrabel for Chung isn't even CLOSE to what that trade was, in terms of how it truly impacted us in a Salary Cap world.

Cassel and Vrabel for Chung, Taylor, Bodden, Springs, Baker, and Sanders is only the BEGINNING of that Trade!

Fanatical Yankee.....nice analysis/praise for BB....but please don't refer to us as "Yankees". Thanks.

Wow... How do the Pats keep finding these teams willing to get taken for a 2nd rounder the following year for a 3rd? They got the Chargers last year, now the Jags this year... Big difference between a mid 2nd and early third. Massive deal!

Great post Fanatical Yankee, well thought out.

Humble thanks to both of you, Paul + Rob, for your kind comments!

Rob, just FYI: Nobody has the PRIVILEGE of calling themselves a Yankee, unless they are a native of ~ that's right! ~ NEW ENGLAND!!!

No disrespect to the fine folks of New York ~ their correct appellation is "KnickerBocker", by the way! ~ but their attempt to represent themselves as "Yankees"...is a classic ~ and rather pathetic! ~ case of YANKEE ENVY!! :p

There is NOTHING I am prouder of, than being a born and bred Yankee...And it is a dream of mine to REVERSE this common misperception ~ one I grew up with, myself ~ that a Yankee is anyone BUT us.

Lest we forget: It was we Yankees, and we Yankees, alone, who fired The Shot Heard Round the World...and singlehandedly started the greatest event in human history: The American Revolution!

Again: Humble thanks for your kind words, gents!