You had to know that this was coming in the opening press conference for Scott Piolo when he said and I paraphrase: There is only one Tom Brady and there is only one Matt Cassel

our qb situation is a joke... we had to add a vet, we just added a starter and I'm sure we are still going to draft a late round qb too...

We are adding building blocks..

I hope we gave up a second. We could move back to 10-15 and get value at a position we need and recoup the second.

This board hates Cassel and I've been one of his few defenders here, so naturally most people are going to hate this move. I don't really think Cassel is a franchise QB and I would probably have preffered to draft a QB at 3, but I think Cassel can be a good starting QB in this league and can live with it if it's only for a 2nd rounder.

You need a "franchise quarterback" available in the draft. This year doesn't offer one.

More like Scott Mitchell, part II.

To be honest, there was a ton of value at need at that 2nd round pick - Barwin, Unger, English, Sintim.

Hmmm. Actually, that would kind of be awesome in some ways.

Teams almost never trade up into the top 3. Especially in a draft that lacks elite level talent at the top.

he was in his first year starting. and honestly i could never find where clark ever said draft. but thats another story

Awesome. If this is for the second, I like this a lot.

This is why I almost preferred we swapped 3 for 23 and picked up an extra late round pick as well...

I mean, lets say we take Curry at #3 now...what's the god damn point? That throws the draft point value out the window...you can get a guy at #23 that can have as much of an impact as Curry at #3, and you won't have to pay a cover backer $25M+ guarnteed.

If Raji is rated a top 5 calibre pick, that's a really easy choice. He's the only chance you have at a nose tackle--the most important position in a 3-4.

And again, let me reiterate that DT is the position that historically scores the lowest on the Wonderlic and that Raji struggled with academic ineligibility because he went to a tier 1, challenging school and because he had an academic advisor who didn't do his job.

CP, is that you?

I think we draft Crabtree.

I like this move. You know why?

We've just improved the QB position #1.

Secondly, it creates competition in camp for our QB's.

There is now good depth at the QB position. Cassell comes from a winning team has started a full season and played well. AND, if we didn't give up our #3 overall pick, even better!!