This doesn't make a whole lot of sense. If he unretired and went to play for a different team, that's irrelevant. He played one season for the Jets and then retired. Period.
You can always get lucky in the 7th, but I look at a 7th rounder as almost an UFA, and we usually do pretty good in UFA pool so, I do not have any worries. Thank God, the only somewhat costly pick lost was the 3rd. Also, we got absolutely nothing for Pennington, which is also a bit of a crime. Pennington was worth at least a 3rd round pick. But, water over the dam.
After reading it now it makes sense, basically we didn't want to base any decision or deals based on the confusion of waiting to see if Favre will or will not retire, and if you think it is retarded, blame the silliness that is the Brett Favre retirement spiel every year.
Or blame it on getting involved with Favre in the first place. A 7th rounder seems like a small price to pay to just wash our hands of the whole Favre thing and be done with it, especially since it was Green Bay's pick to begin with. Look at it this way, we got a year of Brett Favre and now we get to see the same highlight of his one good long pass to Cotchery until the end of time.
I know its not a big deal. But what happens if they end up picking a HoF WR or QB or HB or something? That would truely suck, not that the Jets would be picking the same player, but it would be discussed for yrs to come. I hope that 7th rounder never even gets signed and the Jets pick him up.
This still doesn't make sense to me. Couldn't we have just acted like we didn't have the pick and therefore not included it in any potential trades and then if Favre stayed retired, we would have an extra 7th. Sending it back to the Pack using that argument just doesn't make any sense.
I know that this giving back of a 7th rounder is a bit baffling on the surface, but Tanny is a shrewd dealer when it comes to trades. If we gave this pick back, it was either because we were hamstrung by Favre or because it benefits us in some way. Trades are one thing I don't question with this guy.
Originally Posted by MSUJet85 After reading it now it makes sense, basically we didn't want to base any decision or deals based on the confusion of waiting to see if Favre will or will not retire, and if you think it is retarded, blame the silliness that is the Brett Favre retirement spiel every year. Agreed. Why not just keep the pick and not do anything with it? It doesn't make sense. Who knows who might be available that could blossom?
Just because you are pretending not to have the pick doesn't mean the teams that you are talking trades with aren't doing the same thing. Tannenbaum just wants to avoid a potential headache for a tiny reward
I'm not trying to be difficult about this but how does that make any sense? So what if other teams are also pretending you don't have that pick?? Just don't trade it, don't think about it, and go about your business. If Favre retires and stays retired, then lucky you, you magically gained a 7th round pick. I don't see the presence or absence of that specific pick affecting Tannenbaum's decision to trade the Jets' 2010 7th rounder in a given trade. There has to be another reason than this.
Well I am just guessing that it is easier to negotiate deals and plan future drafts as well as present drafts if he knows exactly what he is working with, there are probably also other reasons and considering how aggressive Tannenbaum gets with trades in both days in the draft. Also I still don't truly trust that Favre is done, he may decide to do the Roger Clemens garbage if he feels he can do it. However I will say it again there are probably other reasons to this, it even took me reading it a few times to think I get it but I am not going to pretend I know more about this deal than Tannenbaum
I agree that there must be more to it. I have enough faith in Tannenbaum to assume he had a good reason to do it. I would just love to know that reason...
On a side note, it's nice to not have those Green Bay retards on here this year acting like they know more about the Jets than we do.
I'm going with this one; the Jets simply buying "put it to bed" insurance just in case Farve pulls another retired/unretired Lazarus act come November 1st with an NFC North team (read: Vikes)....as Tarvaris Jackson gimps around with a knee brace on.
Good point - the release of Chad should be considered in evaluating the Favre trade. I liked the way chad was treated in terms of the release gave him (a quality person as well as a good player) a chance to catch on somewhere else but in retospect we should have gotten something in return for him.
