TRADE VIEWS

[Patler]

Part 2. This was a very shallow and somewhat weak draft by most peoples honest account. I think TT did not have any players graded as worth 2nd or 3rd round picks so he used them to move up and pick a guy he did have graded higher than where he went. Probably the last guy of interest he had in this draft. I also think its the reason BB traded for picks next year. Not much to love in this draft as 2-3 round talent, solution, grab the one guy left you like and give up the 2-3 picks.

That's another key. If TT believed he would be drafting normally 4th or 5th round talent with those third round picks, or even low third round talent in a typical year, the picks didn't have nearly as much value to him as the "charts" might indicate.

I'm sure you saw this if you were watching the draft...but NFL Network interviewed New England and their view was the exact opposite of the above. They did not see value at the end of round one but saw a lot of value picks in rounds two to three so they based their strategey on that. I don't know who's right or wrong so I just take it as an average draft.

They ended up with 4 seconds, one third.......and packaged two thirds to get two extra seconds for next year

Well OF COURSE New England saw it differently, that's why they made the trade. Would they have done it to help out the Packers? Every team thinks they are doing the right thing when they make a trade, or they wouldn't do it. Normally one is right and one is wrong, and occasionally it is a toss up.

So now we have determined that Bretsky agrees with Belichick and disagrees with Ron Wolf.