A Tale of Two Teams...

[MTK]

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:

Campbell Trade--draft points

Gave up: 2005 3rd rounder: 225 Points
2006 first rounder: 22nd pick: 360 points-value 22nd pick in 2nd round
2006 fourth rounder: 31.4 points-value 22nd pick in 5th round

Total: 616.4 total points

We recieved a 2005 first rounder: 25th pick: 720 points.

Note: the 2006 picks are valued as a round later because they were future picks. Consider it interest.

We actually came out ahead--by quite a bit --on the Campbell trade. The 103 points is actually equal to the 3rd pick in the fourth round.

McIntosh trade

Gave up 2006 2nd rounder: 53rd pick: 370 points
2007 2nd rounder: 6th pick in 2nd round: 240 points-value 6th pick in 3rd rd
2006 6th rounder: 189 pick: 16.8 points.
Got back 2006 2nd rounder: 35th pick: 540 points.

We lost 86.8 points in this trade...which is equal to the 8th pick in the fourth round. We paid a fourth rounder too much. If we would have went to the playoffs this year, we would have broke even.

This trade was consumated with the idea we would make the playoffs, which was not a bad idea.

source: EXTREMESKINS.com - Campbell Trade/McIntosh Trade