2009 NFL Draft Chat/Discussion

All that matters is what they told him behind closed doors.

Exactly.

All that matters is what they told him behind closed doors.

I think if that's true, it should come out in the coming weeks. I'd love to hear JC say that D$ and VC came to him with this plan 3 weeks ago.

Cerrato in his presser basically gushed about how the Jets taking Sanchez (an offensive player) opened up the door for a Defensive player to fall to us. I must say those who thought this all was a smokescreen might not have been "off their meds" as was suggested!

I would like to recognize CRedskinsRule, 53Fan, and 724Skinsfan. They saw the smoke screen for what it was. Good job guys!

I am quite sure that that is what happened. Did you see how fast we got the Orakpo card in? We obviously were smitten with HIM. We would not have been willing to sell the farm for Sanchez if we were so happy with the idea of getting Orakpo.After intensively studying the Jason Candle Geico ads I really don't think Campbell could pull off that kind of acting.
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All that matters is what they told him behind closed doors.

Obviously it wasn't anything special considering Campbell came out publicly to tell everyone he wanted a trade if a QB was taken.

I think it was dumb luck, why alienate your QB in the public for no reason?
I doubt they did, in fact, I still hold the belief that after Cutler they told him the basic plan of bluffing, and left it at that. Yeah he might need his ego massaged, but mostly that will be Zorn's job. Remember Zorn BENCHED Hasselback for a year before he played at a pro bowl level. I am sure he can use this to motivate and help JC.

Man, even when it comes out alright, we still bitch among ourselves about who was right about something that was all speculation.

Obviously it wasn't anything special considering Campbell came out publicly to tell everyone he wanted a trade if a QB was taken.

No he didn't! That was always a rumor without evidence or legs. I'm guessing that VC leaked that rumor.

Well, what's he supposed to say? "Gosh, we really wanted Sanchez but since we couldn't get him, I guess we'll settle for Orakpo?"

Nice pick for Steve Spagnuolo's new defense in St. Louis with Laurinaitis.

But he went further, saying that they had called the 5 teams ahead of us to trade, now I may not agree with doing that, but it certainly is verifiable proof, along with the speed of the pick, to say yes this IS who we really wanted.

I think it was dumb luck, why alienate your QB in the public for no reason?

Campbell holds the cards now. He'll be a FA next year and will surely stick it to ol' Danny boy if they decide to FINALLY resign him. Shitty (and old) Qb's like Delhomme are getting paid BIG bucks so Campbell should get much more, if not from us, from another team.
I'm sure our FO is going to try to spin this (it did work) for the best but I think they cut Campbell pretty deep. First Cutler then Sanchez. How much disrespect can a guy take?