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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
They also do a great job filling holes with players whose value is at it's absolute lowest...see a 4th round pick for Moss.
The problem isn't that we are trying to fill a need, it's that we could have offered DJ Hackett a 3 million dollar signing bonus to fill the same need, and instead seem intent on giving up a billion dollars to CJ as well as multiple draft picks to the Bengals.
A second round pick for CJ would be worth 2 years of an elite receiver, IMO. If we hold out the Bengals might drop their asking price to the point where we could get him at that price. According to Mortensen though, we are hell-bent on getting this deal done now, which kinda renders 3 months of patience totally irrelevant.
To win a deal, you have to be willing to risk losing the deal entirely. Snyder and Cerrato will never win a trade until they learn this concept.
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It is disingenuous to imply that DJ Hackett and Chad Johnson are comparable or would bring similar abilities to the team. As I've stated previously, I also think historical precedent says Johnson has more like 5-7 very productive years ahead of him rather than 2, but ok.
Now, the second half of your point is very well taken. You are probably right that in order to maximize their gain the Redskins need to be willing to lose the deal entirely. That is something that they have not done in past deals, even when the players acquired have worked out well (Portis/Brunell). A 2nd for Johnson would be ideal, or maybe a 2nd this year and a conditional pick in 2009. On that I would certainly agree ... less is more. I suspect they wanted to put the feelers out (assuming these reports are accurate) prior to the draft so they would be ahead of Philadelphia or Dallas. Plus, JLC has reported that Chad Johnson was the object of the FO's desire from the end of the season.
If reports are accurate, they've effectively set the market so any other team would have to come bigger than that. If the 21st pick comes and goes ... along with the 19th and then the 22nd and 28th ... then maybe the Bengals will relent and give in for the 51st and a conditional pick in '09. I am kind of thinking Mike Brown is willing to go to the mat with this pissing match, though, and that he won't deal Johnson at all.