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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
The 7th is essentially nothing, but I still don't get the giving up of a #2.
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You don't? That's because you overrate draft picks, then, in my humble opinion.
He's 25, so he's what? 3 years older than an average draft pick, but he's already a vet (so he'll help NOW, not in 2-3 years, like most WRs do (even very good ones almost always do nothing as rookies), which is something the Pats need.
Also, 2nd round picks are far from a lock to be a solid, contributing player. The washout rate for 1st round picks is very high, much less 2nds, and even the Pats have many examples of this. For every Deion Branch there is a Marquise Hill or a Bethel Johnson.
Welker is a high energy, very flexible, excellent slot man with good skills on both offense and STs. He's comparable, roughly, to a Troy Brown, Dave Meggett, or Wayne Chrebet. But again, he's 25.
That's worth a 2nd, easily, especially to a team that REALLY needs a freakin' WR.
The money was phoney money. Now that we traded for him, we'll sign him to a contract that won't reflect what that offer sheet was all about.