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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
I find it funny that guys who bang the "everything predraft is smokescreen" drum ever year, have no problem believing "reports" that come out damn near every year - the player we took was coveted by someone else.
Everything you hear before the draft? Bullshit.
Everything you hear after the draft? Gospel.
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Because smoke screens have a strategic purpose. To throw people off. After the draft, why would a team lie about who they wanted?
It's not gospel. But there's enough smoke here to say that teams wanted dee Ford around where we picked. I doubt he would have been available if we traded down too far.