Quote:Colts 1983 drafted Elway when they had just drafted a QB high the previous year. While they didn't get full value in the trade because of Irsay's meddling, they did get the best OT in that draft plus a 1984 1st round pick.


 

Chargers in 2004 (the very same year we should have drafted Roethlisberger) drafted Eli Manning who publicly stated that he would not play for the Chargers, and got good value in the trade down. They still had Drew Brees on the roster too, although Brees had disappointed up to that point.


 

Maybe you can point to a case where that strategy has failed.

Read the rest of the post.

 

As far as the Chargers example...I pose the same question I posed in the other.

 

You think good value for the #1 overall pick where there is a franchise QB is

 

#4 overall in 2004

3rd round pick in 2004

1st round pick in 2005

5th round pick in 2005?

 

What happens to the Chargers if the Cardinals or Raiders take Rivers at 2 or 3 that year?

 

They would have spent the #1 overall pick on a QB who didn't want to play for them without any guarantee of return.

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