I know and we could of had some many other players in so many other drafts and so on and so on...... Hey listen now we have the opportunity to possibley get to one of two absolute studs on offense we so desperatly need. I have also have alot more faith in the front office than i ever had with herm and bradway. So what it comes down to is down sit here and bitch and say this sucks thats retarded. This negativity is horrible. I believe in Mangini and Tanni.
Martin visits the combine, and now the Jets might be moving up. coincidence? I seem to remember Curtis giving the team advise earlier this year. Maybe he took a look at Peterson and gave Tangini the thumbs up.
If Tannenbaum needs Curtis' approval on Petersons talent than we are in big trouble. A blind man could see how talented Peterson is, the question is, is he worth giving up our entire draft for? the answer to that is obviously no.
As much as I would be excited if the Jets traded up and got really aggressive, I really, really, doubt we will tade up. It just doesn't fit the Mangini/Tannenbaum profile.
And so do I, which is why I posted that the PFT rumor was bullshit. There's just no way that Tannebaum and Mangini make such a clearly bad move. As to what other trades fit the bill: Herschel Walker to the Vikings for half their draft two years running from the Cowboys. Cowboys won 3 super bowls off of that fiasco while the Vikings turned into a wreck. Then there's Ricky Williams (twice) ruining first New Orleans when Ditka traded his draft away for one player and then ruining Miami (small miracles do exist) when they trade 2 first round picks for him and watched him and themselves self-destruct shortly thereafter. Randy Moss to the Raiders? Hehe. The D-Rob fiasco is actually one of the lesser of these situations because the Jets actually got a serviceable player out of their two first rounders and 4th rounder that year. The fact that they should have gotten an all-pro out of one of the first rounders and didn't is what makes it so bad. And the fact that their offensive line collapsed shortly thereafter from lack of depth, traded away so cavalierly in the deal. Find me a trade in which a team gave up a lot for a player and clearly benefited. The closest would be the Broncos acquisition of John Elway when he refused to play for the Colts in 1983. With a gun to their head the Colts traded Elway for two offensive linemen who were decent (Chris Hinton and Ron Solt) and a career backup QB in Mark Herrman. The problem with seeing this as an example is that nobody thought that the Colts were getting equal value for Elway. Everybody knew that their hand was forced by the NFL who badly wanted Elway as a marquee attraction and did not want the legality of the NFL draft challenged at a time when the NFLPA was already considering decertifying itself and charging the owners with improperly wielding monopoly power. The net result was that the Colts were unable to obtain appropriate compensation for Elway, who was considered to be a unique talent. If the Colts had been able to charge on the open market for him then nobody would have made the trade because it would have gutted the receiving team's core too much to make sense. Look at the Giants. They essentially gave up a huge amount of value for Eli Manning and in the process hurt themselves and their talent base moving forward. And Manning has been healthy. If he'd come up injured at any point the trade would have been a rout in San Diego's favor instead of just heavily leaning that way.
