Mark Sanchez at 13th?

Man, if these aren't all smoke screens, Jason Campbell has to be hating life.

But what if JC is in on this and it is a smoke screen? I haven't heard anything from Jason Campbell since the Cutler issue. Since then, no one has interviewed Campbell. I could be wrong, but the Campbell camp has been silent.

During "Cutlergate", JC was on all the radio shows and on Sportsnite getting interviewed. Now there's silence.

Nope. The Sanchez talk is all a ruse. The good thing is that it had fooled many people, which was the goal of the talk all along.

Angry is correct. Sanchez is not really on the radar.

If this was several months ago where it was thought that Sanchez might still be around at 13 you might have a point. We really don't have a lot of reason to hype Sanchez without being in a position to pick him, where's the benefit?

SportsNation Matt Mosley: (10:58 AM ET ) I'd get Vinny Cerrato on the phone and find out. The Redskins would simply swap picks with the Bills. But Buffalo's going to also ask for a premium pick in 2010 (see first-rounder). I know Snyder doesn't want to do it. But that might be the price.
A frickin first for 2 spots? then again you do have to worry about denver taking him at 12

I just can't see Sanchez going that high though... especially when there appears to be a few teams definitely willing to trade up for him.. what would stop us, the jets, etc from trading up well before 11 if he starts slipping? do the browns just give up on going after him? I know that was the guy's question but still

If this was several months ago where it was thought that Sanchez might still be around at 13 you might have a point. We really don't have a lot of reason to hype Sanchez without being in a position to pick him, where's the benefit?

I might be misunderstanding your post...but if I understand question correctly, the benefit of hyping another player you have no intention of drafting is the teams drafting ahead of you will take the player you are hyping instead of the player you realyl want, like an Okrapo, a LB or an OT.
We really need an OT, DE, LB or C.
A Qb would be a luxury pick. Especially if we have give up future picks or another player to get Sanchez.
I personally do not think Sanchez is worth giving up future picks to move up to get. Sanchez has publicly stated he wants to go to Seattle.

Man, if these aren't all smoke screens, Jason Campbell has to be hating life.

But what if JC is in on this and it is a smoke screen? I haven't heard anything from Jason Campbell since the Cutler issue. Since then, no one has interviewed Campbell. I could be wrong, but the Campbell camp has been silent.

During "Cutlergate", JC was on all the radio shows and on Sportsnite getting interviewed. Now there's silence.


Harldy - The best thing for Campbells career would be to be traded to Minnesota or New York and he knows it.

If this was several months ago where it was thought that Sanchez might still be around at 13 you might have a point. We really don't have a lot of reason to hype Sanchez without being in a position to pick him, where's the benefit?

If I remember the projections right a lot of beginning mocks had all the OT's and DE's being gone by the time it got to our pick at 13. If, by feigning interest in Sanchez, we put pressure on at least one team ahead of us to get him instead of a DE/OT, then we have a better chance of having a player of need fall to us, plus if the 2nd of 3 first round qb's go, we increase the chance of a qb hungry team trading up to get Freeman at our spot.

So a perfect scenario now, may be: Denver, worried we were going to take Sanchez, drafts him at 12, then New York, thinking we are dissatisfied enough with Campbell to take Freeman, trades with us at 13 giving us there 1st and 2nd or 3rd to get Freeman. Thus we would have leveraged our supposed disinterest in JC to having multiple picks, and getting Mack, or another quality player that feels an area of need.

Man, if these aren't all smoke screens, Jason Campbell has to be hating life.

But what if JC is in on this and it is a smoke screen? I haven't heard anything from Jason Campbell since the Cutler issue. Since then, no one has interviewed Campbell. I could be wrong, but the Campbell camp has been silent.

During "Cutlergate", JC was on all the radio shows and on Sportsnite getting interviewed. Now there's silence.

At this point JC is probably just in "F it" mode. It's out of his hands, not much he can do about anything.

As much as I would love to see us dump Campbell, we have other, much more pressing needs. if we don't get a DE, then we aren't going to see the full return on Haynesworths 100 mil. (If its even possible to get a full return). And what about the entire right side of our O-line? And someone please tell me we are bringing Marcus back.

That would be a dream scenario to pick up a late 1st & a second or 3rd for our pick. A boy can dream...

If I remember the projections right a lot of beginning mocks had all the OT's and DE's being gone by the time it got to our pick at 13. If, by feigning interest in Sanchez, we put pressure on at least one team ahead of us to get him instead of a DE/OT, then we have a better chance of having a player of need fall to us, plus if the 2nd of 3 first round qb's go, we increase the chance of a qb hungry team trading up to get Freeman at our spot.

So a perfect scenario now, may be: Denver, worried we were going to take Sanchez, drafts him at 12, then New York, thinking we are dissatisfied enough with Campbell to take Freeman, trades with us at 13 giving us there 1st and 2nd or 3rd to get Freeman. Thus we would have leveraged our supposed disinterest in JC to having multiple picks, and getting Mack, or another quality player that feels an area of need.

That is one of the better scenarios, though I don't think Denver goes QB with either of their picks and I think Sanchez goes before #12. But the logic still holds, I suspect you are giving the F.O. too much cred, but we can hope.