Quote:And how often does that ceiling ever seem to be reached with these type of deals?

 

Theres always more of a chance that the player never reaches that level or never lasts long at that level because of injury. And then you're out all those draft picks. 

 

Its a recipe for disappointment. 

 

Its almost always better to be on the side of those deals that is getting the boatload of picks rather than giving them up. 

 

I can't remember one instance, really, where it ever panned out for the team giving away the mass-picks. 

 

How many times do I have to tell you it worked perfectly for Julio Jones and the Falcons? With Jones: #1 team in the NFC. Without Jones: top five draft pick. And you said it never worked out for any team that did it? Like I said earlier, they would have had no chance of getting him with only a third day pick because they went up from 27 to 6 in the first round. You tell me how it did not work out for the Falcons.

 

In the case of RG3, it ruined his career because the Redskins thought, "We gave up three first round picks for him, so he needs to be our week 1 starter." If they had not given up so much, I bet they would have done the right thing - put him on PUP at the beginning of preseason.

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