Do you take Manziel at 23?

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

I don't think this is the same scenario as Albert/Fisher.

They drafted Fisher because they were forced too. They tried leveraging Albert and they failed. Couldn't sign him to a new deal....couldn't get him to move....couldn't trade him. If Albert had signed a new deal before the end of the season....do you still think they would have taken Fisher? I don't.

I doubt they were forced to.

I'm sure there were trade offers on the table for the #1 pick. They may not have been "good value" compared to recent trades like what Washington gave up, but I'm sure there were a couple options on the table.

I believe they picked Fisher because they already had it in their mind that they were moving on from Albert, and boy does that look like its backfiring right in their face.