http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1777846
SAN DIEGO -- The New York Giants, known to covet Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning, have spoken with the San Diego Chargers about obtaining the first pick in the NFL draft on April 24.
Chargers general manager A.J. Smith confirmed he got a call from Giants GM Ernie Accorsi on Tuesday.
SKINSnCANES
04-08-2004, 01:40 AM
This could make the draft very interesting. The chargers want Ben R. Which means two of the top four pick will be QBS...the browns might not have to trade up anymore to get Gallery... Mabye the chargers dont even want to draft at four, mabye Marty wants to keep his job and fill a bunch of holes...mabye he wants a receiver to replace Boston (gardner), a linebacker to upgrade (trotter), and some picks next year to continue to build and then trade the 4th pick to us... (yes im still stuck on getting Winslow and Taylor...and I know wed be better off getting later picks and more players along with Taylor, but I cant help think how good our team would be.)
Daseal
04-08-2004, 01:52 AM
Wow, if we have Gallery fall to us at 5, we just gained a shitload of leverage. Seriously. Teams would give up a lot for Gallery. And we could still land Taylor or Winslow.
SKINSnCANES
04-08-2004, 01:55 AM
yea we would trade to the brown for their second or third round pick. The lions may end up taking Winslow anyways becuase they signed Brock Marion, of course they have that deal with the Patriots. So we could take Winslow instead of Taylor and get a couple of picks. But then we have to deal with the Postons, who will probably say that he should have been picked earlier and demand more money and then he will hold out...hmm, interesting what options might unfold
SmootSmack
04-08-2004, 02:35 AM
I thought the Chargers wanted Gallery. I thought they wanted to trade the #1 for #4 and Kerry Collins, then use the 4th for Gallery. But I could be wrong
Is it a big deal that the Giants got Norman Hand today? I'm looking forward to the headline in the papers tomorrow:
"Giants Get Hand Job...Coughlin Satisfied"
skinsfanthru&thru
04-08-2004, 02:56 AM
if this trade goes through its almost a lock that the chargers would then draft Rothesburger(or however u spell his name.) We aren't gonna draft both winslow and taylor especially with winslow signing with the postons' and I was really hoping he'd be the guy we went with if we stayed put. If both taylor and gallery are there when we draft, I agree we have tons of leverage to trade down and possibly get quite a few nice picks. This draft is gonna be one of the more memorable ones and possibly very high in trade traffic of both players and picks. I know I'll be practically glued to me chair, atleast for our picks.
skinsfanthru&thru
04-08-2004, 02:58 AM
I thought the Chargers wanted Gallery. I thought they wanted to trade the #1 for #4 and Kerry Collins, then use the 4th for Gallery. But I could be wrong
Is it a big deal that the Giants got Norman Hand today? I'm looking forward to the headline in the papers tomorrow:
"Giants Get Hand Job...Coughlin Satisfied"
:rofl: I can't believe I didn't think of something similar.
he signed for pretty cheap 2 if I remember what I read about it correctly. 2 years for less than 2 million but with possible $1+ million in perfomance incentives.
offiss
04-08-2004, 03:17 AM
I thought the Chargers wanted Gallery. I thought they wanted to trade the #1 for #4 and Kerry Collins, then use the 4th for Gallery. But I could be wrong
Is it a big deal that the Giants got Norman Hand today? I'm looking forward to the headline in the papers tomorrow:
"Giants Get Hand Job...Coughlin Satisfied"
I see were back to the hand job jokes again, this time it's a GIANT happy ending.
SmootSmack
04-08-2004, 03:22 AM
I see were back to the hand job jokes again, this time it's a GIANT happy ending.
I missed out on all the hand job joke fun last time but I couldn't pass on it this time around
Gmanc711
04-08-2004, 08:00 AM
If Gallery fell to 5, and thats who Cleveland wanted, it really dosent work out much better for us. We would defintley score Taylor or KW II. Proboly the ladder, even though I want taylor but it would be a good way to gain a couple picks