A Tale of Two Teams...

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm stealing this post from another board to outline what we really gave up in trades in terms of the points system teams use for trades. I constantly see people saying we get ripped in trades (which isn't true), so here's some details:





source: EXTREMESKINS.com - Campbell Trade/McIntosh Trade

I certainly appreciate the analysis, but it’s premised on the point system as being an accurate measure of draft value, which I disagree with based on your following:
“Note: the 2006 picks are valued as a round later because they were future picks. Consider it interest.”
So in essence what this is saying is that if you want to spend next year’s draft picks this year, then they’re worth less today. This sums up our cap mgmt. & use of draft picks – burn em now even if it decreases the value we have next year. Simply put, we are paying the “interest” you refer to, to other teams.
There’s a time & place for such trades. As I mentioned earlier I thought the JC trade was a good one because we needed to get a young qb & start developing him asap. On the other hand, was the Loyd trade worth a 3rd & 4th? Add to that he got 1st rnd. Bonus $ & will eat a lot of cap space for years, only to be outplayed by James Thrash. I’m not trying to bash Gibbs & co. for their moves in hindsight. As I said before, they’ve made some wise fa signings. I just feel like the spend now approach to draft picks is catching up w/us & we don’t have nearly enough to show for it. If in 04 Gibbs had made a commitment to keeping all our picks plus signing fa’s along the way, this team could be in great shape. We could actually do both; sign fa’s & draft well.