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Originally Posted by Jakemall
I've always felt that trading down was the smartest thing to do...look at the Pats.
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trading down certainly increases a team's chance of landing productive players. But again, I've seen teams trade down and stock up on picks and it didn't amount to a hill of beans because they drafted poorly.
Remember the 1999 Rams team? That team had a boat full of picks and it was already loaded, right? I was thinking to myself "dynasty", right?
Nope. Bad drafts.
Also, look at how the NE patriots right now. They have had a friggen plethora of picks over the last 5 years and only a few of them have panned out. Aaron Hernandez anyone? Sure, Gronkowski was a nice pick but for all the picks the pats have had over the last few years you'd think that Tommy Terrific would be neck deep in talent, right? Nope. Bill Belichick has simply not drafted well. IMHO, if BB didn't have Tommy Terrific, no one would think he's a great HoF coach. He's a guy who has benefitted immensly from a HoF QB.
Don't even get me started on some horrid, horrid Broncos drafts by Mike Shanahan. He had two real good drafts in 2006 and 2008 and then nada.