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SunTzu_vs_Camus
I know it's crazy, but it just seems so weird that we trade down, trade down, trade down...gathering what 4-5 3rd rounders?!...
then, we trade back up to draft a guy we coulda drafted if we stayed put and saved a pick in doin so. I was just frustrated with moving down then giving up so much draft capital to move back up....crazy!!
Reporters are NOT asking that question after the draft...how do teams know when to jump up and in front of whom - to draft a player that, otherwise, looks like they're happy to wait to come to them AFTER a trade down. I know Snead could never say he had inside help....but he could wink/nod and say relationships are very strong in the NFL or something. i mean, it must be an open secret in the NFL...this issue.
No team complains cuz every team must do it....and benefit. .....just interesting to me , I guess.
I’m confused a little bit by your post, Sun.
We could never have drafted Henderson had we not traded down to get the tradeup ammo, first.
As to the “spy” thing, I doubt it. Snead simply knew that he could trade down each time because there was always players that he liked that would still be available. In the Henderson and Gaines tradeup scenarios he feared that those targeted players would be gone if he didn’t tradeup. In fact, after Henderson, a run on RB’s began (pun intended) that made Snead’s move look like genius. I will say that Snead seems to have a pretty good handle on what other teams might be planning to do with regard to players still on the board.
Now, it is possible (if not likely) that Snead and Belichick might have asked each other which OT the other wanted prior to the David Edwards pick in the 5th since both teams were looking for an OT. But that would just seem like common sense for each. Nothing nefarious.
