Izulde
11-27-2007, 05:50 PM
It's 1975.
You've won 3 Super Bowls since the day the NFL dawned in 1960 and have a proud tradition of a strong aerial assault.
Ken Stabler has been your QB for the past 8 seasons and has won 2 straight MVP awards, but you don't like him. You hate his inability to avoid a sack and your overall feeling is that he just doesn't have the killer instinct that Johnny Unitas, your former QB had, nor can he carry a game by himself. Previous games against good defenses have shown this.
Your WR corps is the kind that even a monkey could throw to and have a decent chance of catching it. An aging, but still deadly Paul Warfield in his 12th season and an emerging, 2nd year Lynn Swann are your best targets.
You've never had a LT worth anything, nor a RB that was more than average.
Sitting atop this year's draft: A RB they call Sweetness. A RB that would end 15 years of franchise RB drought.
You have the #29 pick. The Saints hold the #1 pick. They want Stabler, your #29 pick and your first round picks in the next two drafts for #1 and the right to pick Sweetness.
Washington holds the #2 pick, but won't trade because of cap concerns.
New Orleans has a pretty good RB in a third year player, Chuck Foreman, but Sweetness isn't likely to get past the Redskins unless they go with Steve Bartkowski or Steve Grogan, two QBs highly raved about. And that still leaves the question of just who the Saints would take.
Your archrival holds the # pick and aren't likely to do you do any favors by making a trade.
You have no QBs on the roster besides Stabler, having relied on scrubs and mentors as your backups for the last 8 years.
Do you make the deal and get Sweetness, figuring you can always find a replacement QB later who, if not as talented overall, won't drive you nearly as batty?
Or do you pass on the deal and try to keep your historic winning tradition and passing genius going with a QB you grow to hate more and more each day?
You've won 3 Super Bowls since the day the NFL dawned in 1960 and have a proud tradition of a strong aerial assault.
Ken Stabler has been your QB for the past 8 seasons and has won 2 straight MVP awards, but you don't like him. You hate his inability to avoid a sack and your overall feeling is that he just doesn't have the killer instinct that Johnny Unitas, your former QB had, nor can he carry a game by himself. Previous games against good defenses have shown this.
Your WR corps is the kind that even a monkey could throw to and have a decent chance of catching it. An aging, but still deadly Paul Warfield in his 12th season and an emerging, 2nd year Lynn Swann are your best targets.
You've never had a LT worth anything, nor a RB that was more than average.
Sitting atop this year's draft: A RB they call Sweetness. A RB that would end 15 years of franchise RB drought.
You have the #29 pick. The Saints hold the #1 pick. They want Stabler, your #29 pick and your first round picks in the next two drafts for #1 and the right to pick Sweetness.
Washington holds the #2 pick, but won't trade because of cap concerns.
New Orleans has a pretty good RB in a third year player, Chuck Foreman, but Sweetness isn't likely to get past the Redskins unless they go with Steve Bartkowski or Steve Grogan, two QBs highly raved about. And that still leaves the question of just who the Saints would take.
Your archrival holds the # pick and aren't likely to do you do any favors by making a trade.
You have no QBs on the roster besides Stabler, having relied on scrubs and mentors as your backups for the last 8 years.
Do you make the deal and get Sweetness, figuring you can always find a replacement QB later who, if not as talented overall, won't drive you nearly as batty?
Or do you pass on the deal and try to keep your historic winning tradition and passing genius going with a QB you grow to hate more and more each day?