Good article, whoever is left for the Chiefs will really impact this draft. Also, I think Parcells is being really smart trying to deal with multiple people, so they don't become like Oakland who spent a ton of money on Russell and that was after a long holdout. I really think Russell was just looking for a payday and he will eventually force himself out of football. I know he is still very young but his body/facial language just seems like he doesn't care to be in shape or play for a good team. What I would really like to see if the Patriots freak about who the Jets will pick, give up the farm to jump ahead of them, then the Jets trade back. that would be a real slap in the face to the Patriots because they would have completely have misread our situation.
This article makes me wonder: Between us and the Patriots, who has more friends in the top five? Parcells and the Dolphins are pragmatists. They'd trade with either of us if the price were right. St. Louis is gonna get a player they need at 2 regardless, so they likely won't trade. The Falcons new GM, that creepy dude who looks like George McFly, is a Pioli apprentice, correct? They're our biggest threat. Al Davis HATES the Patriots. Score one for us. And that leaves Sperm and the Chiefs. Is Edwards bitter enough to screw us? Does he feel that the Patriots are too big an AFC threat to strengthen? Who knows? Wild Card, those Reds. I can't wait. It's gonna be so exciting!
Nobody has any friends on draft day. Any GM who is thinking about screwing another team, instead of what player is best for his team, won't be a GM very long.
I don't know, the Skins were pretty good friends to us when they gave up 2 second rounders for one a couple of years ago.
Agreed. It's like sitting at the poker table with your buddies.....you're gonna take their money if you can...friends has nothing to do with it.
I don't know about that. I read an interview last year about the Browns and their drafting Brady Quinn. They talked to everybody above the Cowboys EXCEPT the Bengals because of their rivalry. There are certain teams that are so unfriendly with each other that they won't even call on draft day. My guess is that if C. Long is there at #4 or #5, we'll offer next year's #3. My hope is that someone like Ryan falls and we can get a ransom for him by the Ravens or Panthers. Either that or some really crazy spygate revelation happens and the commish takes away NE's #7.
Why would Edwards be bitter? He wanted out of NY so he could join his friends in KC and we let him take the job. We also screw ourselves in the process by only getting a 4th round pick for him. If anything he should love us.
We also threw him a bone by beating him the end of the year. We were dumb enough to do it and he was desperate enough to let it happen.
so anyways, does anybody else think the Jets are likely to screw this up? they are more likely to trade up to 5 to keep the Pats from moving up, only to see the hated pats trade down and fleece some team, like the Vikings into trading 2 first rounders for Matt Ryan. then the whole Jets boards go up into an uproar. why didnt we take that deal? and why the hell did we move up for __________ when he clearly would be available at 6.... it would be a nightmare in Jets world.
Yes, but you don't really know what's going on in those rooms on draft day. If a situation like the above happened, it's entirely feasible that the Pats were trying to trade up for a certain person, and when they couldn't they decided it best that they trade down.
