OT: Redskins and Rams trade
Washington Redskins traded three first-round draft picks and a second-round pick to St. Louis for second overall pick in a trade first reported by @JayGlazer.
Umm, cough.
Lets break this down:
Washington gets: St. Louis's 2nd over all pick this year
St. Louis gets: Washington's Next 3 1st round picks, and a 2nd rounder.
Got it. Nothing to see here, just Daniel Snyder being Daniel Snyder.
EDIT: And with the 1st and 2nd overall picks in the 2013 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select.
into a very good team for the next few years. Love RG3 but Snyder and the Skins are no place to start a career
March 10th, 2012 at 10:42 AM ^
As a lifelong redskins fan... laugh it up. I'm happy about the deal and most in Washington were hoping this happened. We haven't had a franchise QB since Sonny or Slingin Sammy Baugh. I'm looking forward to RGIII giving a speech just like Peyton just did in 2027. Then maybe the Lions can sign him.
March 10th, 2012 at 12:28 PM ^
Guy is something else. He really wanted Peyton and this looks like a knee-jerk reaction. If it were two No. 1s you could almost start to justify it.
RG3 is an incedible talent but is now probably walking into a very tough situation.
March 10th, 2012 at 12:55 PM ^
Okay that makes sense - I hadn't read it closely enough - thanks
Still steep but it starts to approach sanity at that level - they better be really smart and lucky with every other personnel move they make.
The Giants did something similar when trading for Eli Manning but it wasn't quite this much. They did well in a few subsequent drafts which made up he difference - but that's not guaranteed.
A knee jerk reaction? For weeks it has been reported that the Redskins would try to get the number 2 pick along with a few other teams. This is anything but a knee jerk reaction.
probably a little too strongly worded - they were interested in Peyton though - the timing seemed like a reaction to realizing that was dead - and maybe overpaying - only time will tell
I wasn't paying that much attention to it until yesterday...from the timing it seemed like a quick move but apparently not.
FWIW I'm a Giants fan and I think it's a good move by the Redskins...though it was expensive. I think RG3 is an incredible talent and a total class act. The Redskins are just going to have to be really good with personel moves from here on. They won't stars with their mid-round picks but they will need to get some players there.