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09-07-2009 05:44 PM |
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Originally Posted by billay
(Post 6043066)
What are you talking about? In terms of value 2nd round picks are better, you get a player who will be a starter for a much cheaper price. Would you rather pay a guy whos only slightly better 10 mil guarnteed money or a 2nd round pick whos about as good for much cheaper? Also look at how the Patriots trade there 1st round pick and stockpile picks. They traded there 1st a few years ago to the Niners and the next year drafted the rookie of the year. It's all about value and teams who get the most value are also the ones who are most successful.
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That's trading forward in time, not trading down in the draft. Two very different things. In the case that you're citing, he traded a first round pick for... a first round pick, so it really doesn't support your theory at all. And the DROY that you spoke of was drafted in the first round, which doesn't exactly support your premise that second rounders are worth more :P
This year was the first year that Belichick traded a first rounder down in to the second round, and he explicitly stated that it was because of the talent breakdown for this year. He thought that early second round talent was about as good as the late first round talent.
He did not think that, one would assume, when he drafted Richard Seymour, Daniel Graham, Vince Wilfork, Ben Watson, Logan Mankins, Jerod Mayo and Brandon Meriweather all in the first round. The value of a second round pick is higher *because* you can get one much cheaper than you can get a first rounder. If the price is the same, then you take the first rounder (provided that it's outside of the top 5) every time. |
Weird rumor about the Chiefs getting Seymour
(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=213475)