Who's The Best Draft Pick In The Gibbs 2.0 Era

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

They'll probably trade down, trade down again, end up with a late round first, 4 2nd round picks and some poor team's 1st again next year. Later that afternoon, Belichick will trade some kid some "magic beans" for his lunch.

BleedBurgundy - this is exactly what I thought. I know that trading down is one of the hardest things to do because most teams don't want to pay the huge signing bonuses that a high draft pick requires. The great teams keep accumulating more picks and yes some of them will turn out to be busts, but just by sheer volume some of them will pan out at a low contract. So the Patriots will continue to stay under the cap and have room to sign the important free agent or two to fill out their roster and more importantly they will also have a lot more depth when the injuries inevitably come during the season.

What I think this thread really represents is that you can really build a team of core players (or "core Redskins" as coach Joe would say) and have a better chance at sustaining long term success through the draft if you got good scouting and more importantly if you keep your draft picks. Lets hope that the build through free agency first and let the draft be secondary philosphy is done at Redskin Park. Most Redskin fans don't care about signing big name players for the sake of "winning the free agent offseason acquisition award" - we want long term success on the field. We have not tried the philosphy of depending on building through the draft heavily - why not give it a shot and see what happens - at least you'll stop throwing away $10 million on busts like Brandon LLyod.