Williams trade

[Harlan Huckleby]

I'm not asking whether Thompson got fair value for Williams. Just the impact on the team.

[Harlan Huckleby]

oh shit, I put this poll in the wrong room.

one of you mods make yourself useful for a change and move the thread.

OK, please.

[RashanGary]

I voted no. Williams would have helped a lot this year. Now he's gone and in his place is a big question mark. It might turn out to be in our favor long term, but right now I think the safe money is on Williams having a better career after this point than a late 2nd rounder.

[RashanGary]

All things considered though (Williams wanting big money and leaving shortly unless we pay him), I think it was the right move but it doesn't make us better and it mgiht never make us better. Sometimes you take the best of two bad situations though.

[RashanGary]

I guess over the long haul it makes us better because payinig him would have been a chain effect. So there are really three choices

1. Forcing him to play as a franchise player and then losing him for nothing (4th round comp pick)
2. Trading him for a 2nd rounder
3. Paying him a monster contract


I think the best of those three was #2 but not becuase it makes us better now, but because it makes us better long term when we lock up better players for less money.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I agree with you JH, it probably is the best available option.

except... I'm not sure they are likely to lock-up a better player as a result.

ummm, I just see it as a mildly unfortunate reality to lose such a player.

[Patler]

JH, you really should stop debating with yourself in all these threads!

[Partial]

You know that you can franchise players two years in a row, right? He would have been pissed but he could have been kept here for awhile.

[RashanGary]

JH, you really should stop debating with yourself in all these threads!

When I answered the question, I was thinking short term. After thinking about it, I think it has a little more lasting effect.

Yeah, that was pretty bad, wasn't it

[Harlan Huckleby]

I'm a little surprised that anyone thinks the team is actually stronger as a result of this move. Isn't Williams better than most 2nd rounders?

[MJZiggy]

JH, you really should stop debating with yourself in all these threads!

I think he's just trying to catch up to my post count...

[Patler]

JH, you really should stop debating with yourself in all these threads!

I think he's just trying to catch up to my post count...

Foolish attempt, even if you are working!

[Bretsky]

it does not make the team better next year; it might make the team beter long term though.

It was a wise move for a 2nd

[wpony]

I think it was a very good move will it make the packers better next year hard to say this poll should have been asked after the draft

[HarveyWallbangers]

Does trading Williams for 2nd rounder make team better?

Silly question. Of course, it doesn't make the team better--without knowing what we do with the pick (e.g. trade it for Jason Taylor) or who we get with the 2nd round pick. You're a master at shaping questions to slant the answer to what you want. You should work for the NY Times or Washington Post.


I'm boycotting this poll.