Trading down would be EXACTLY what the Skins need
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:16 pm
Why we should trade down?
1. This is a weak draft where there is not much seperation between the top 10 picks and the next 30-40.
2. When you consider that the salary for the #9 guy will be many times larger than the #29 guy it seems to make more sense to try and pick up an extra 2nd or 3rd round pick and pick in the bottom of the first round.
3. Heath Miller may be available somewhere between 20-29. He has the best hands in the draft and probably would have gone in the top 15 if it weren't for a hernia he had surgery for recently. He has a clean bill of health but the timing was bad and his stock slipped a bit.
4. We don't need any more rotten apples on this team. The more players hand-picked by Gibbs the better.
5. We need more depth at just about every position. With one 2nd round pick already gone, we could seriously use some extra picks from trading down.
6. Our salary cap position is tight. We need to start stock-piling younger cheaper players to replace the ones who will inevitably leave over the next few years.
Besides Heath Miller, I think a few other good trade down targets might be David Pollack, Roddy White, Mark Clayton, Marcus Spears, Erasmus James and Carlos Rogers. I'd rather have ANY of these guys plus a second round pick than any of the players projected to go at the #9 pick.
1. This is a weak draft where there is not much seperation between the top 10 picks and the next 30-40.
2. When you consider that the salary for the #9 guy will be many times larger than the #29 guy it seems to make more sense to try and pick up an extra 2nd or 3rd round pick and pick in the bottom of the first round.
3. Heath Miller may be available somewhere between 20-29. He has the best hands in the draft and probably would have gone in the top 15 if it weren't for a hernia he had surgery for recently. He has a clean bill of health but the timing was bad and his stock slipped a bit.
4. We don't need any more rotten apples on this team. The more players hand-picked by Gibbs the better.
5. We need more depth at just about every position. With one 2nd round pick already gone, we could seriously use some extra picks from trading down.
6. Our salary cap position is tight. We need to start stock-piling younger cheaper players to replace the ones who will inevitably leave over the next few years.
Besides Heath Miller, I think a few other good trade down targets might be David Pollack, Roddy White, Mark Clayton, Marcus Spears, Erasmus James and Carlos Rogers. I'd rather have ANY of these guys plus a second round pick than any of the players projected to go at the #9 pick.
