HawkGA":26gtp8h6 said:
WilsonMVP":26gtp8h6 said:
CalgaryHawk":26gtp8h6 said:
So they had to be assuming that Denver, Cleveland, or Titans would have taken Ifredi to turn down a better Dallas offer. I doubt the Titans cause they already took a tackle in first round. I would have preferred the Dallas offer to the Denver offer but maybe John dislikes Jerry Jones more than Elway and didn't want to help Jones find a QB.
I think John had said he talked to Elway and the Broncos earlier about trade opportunities and kept that channel open so I think it had been something in the making long before we were on the clock.
I will be suprised if we dont use one of our three 3rd rounders to move up in the 2nd round
Hopefully it isn't just to move up the 2nd pick higher. I could maybe see packaging 2 of the 3rds (the only two that are tradeable) and getting an additional pick in the 2nd.
Yeah, THEN it would make even less sense why they didn't take the Dallas offer. I'm feeling a little more (greedy) remorse today that they dealt with Denver #31 and #94 instead of getting the better draft value of #34 and #67. :shock:
I want to be excited about Ifedi. But, I'm not overly confident he will prove to be worth passing on higher trade value. He's got a lot to prove. I sure hope he becomes a player that I wouldn't look back and smh. Not trying to sound like a downer. I'm usually an optimistic poster. But, realize the Seahawks valued him MORE than what they could have got at #34 and #67.
I know a report says Cleveland was targeting him at #32, but smokescreens don't exactly just stop during the draft. I think the Hawks could have got their guy possibly @ #34. Maybe if Cleveland drafts Spriggs at #32 it will be more believable. (Too, there are reports that Ifedi was a target for Denver at #31 in the other trade scenario.) There would have been other GREAT consolation prizes at 34 if Ifedi was gone, though. But, in JS/PC I trust. Just doesn't make a ton of sense from where I sit sometimes, but perhaps they wanted to come away with either Ifedi or Spriggs. JS also said in the presser that they could have gone "either OL or DL" with their first pick. I'm still going to be wondering "what if" watching picks go by from 67-90/94.
Ok, I'll end with a positive. I liked what Tom Cable had to say about Ifedi's game when things start breaking down. He rises to the occasion.