Ireland might be kicking himself in the butt these days over the Brandon Marshall trade. Lets break down the last 2 drafts after the Brandon Marshall trade.
Draft 2011. Irelands mus list last year included a running back after Ricky and Ronnie were no longer on the roster.
Ireland trades up from the 3rd round into the late second round when run on the top tier running backs began for Daniel Thomas. If Ireland had orginal 2nd round pick maybe he picks some else like Leshours from Wisconsin or Ryann Brickshaw from VT. More importantly Ireland admited after the draft that he attempted to trade back into the 3rd round to aquire Ryann Mallett. With a Ryann Mallet on the team last year removes the need to draft a QB this year. Ireland would also would have had an additional 5th and 7th round in last years draft to use also in that trade.
Draft 2010. Irelands must list in this draft linebacker.
Ireland trades back in round 1 take Odrick to gane back his 2nd round pick that he used on the OLB MSI. If that trade is not made there were other higher rated player like Earl from Texas avialable in the 1st round. Odrick while talented had a bit of a injury bug in college gets injured his rookie year. If Ireland has that 2nd round pick in the 2010 draft that was higher than the one he used on Msi you could also assume Ireland may have drafted a higher rated OLB.
Marshall definitly caught a lot of balls for us but he certianily undermined Henne when givin the chance and took a couple of shots at Moore. Hard to have a winning team when your star player is underming the most important position on the team with his behavior. Blame it all on Henne if you like but flip that additude around on Marshalls part maybe those 2 years we get 2 more wins each year.
At this point we will not know the true loss of Marshall until we spend those 2 3rd round draft picks. Except maybe Tony Sporano might still be here for what ever that is worth and Ireland might not be on the hot seat so much. Just something to think about.
Draft 2011. Irelands mus list last year included a running back after Ricky and Ronnie were no longer on the roster.
Ireland trades up from the 3rd round into the late second round when run on the top tier running backs began for Daniel Thomas. If Ireland had orginal 2nd round pick maybe he picks some else like Leshours from Wisconsin or Ryann Brickshaw from VT. More importantly Ireland admited after the draft that he attempted to trade back into the 3rd round to aquire Ryann Mallett. With a Ryann Mallet on the team last year removes the need to draft a QB this year. Ireland would also would have had an additional 5th and 7th round in last years draft to use also in that trade.
Draft 2010. Irelands must list in this draft linebacker.
Ireland trades back in round 1 take Odrick to gane back his 2nd round pick that he used on the OLB MSI. If that trade is not made there were other higher rated player like Earl from Texas avialable in the 1st round. Odrick while talented had a bit of a injury bug in college gets injured his rookie year. If Ireland has that 2nd round pick in the 2010 draft that was higher than the one he used on Msi you could also assume Ireland may have drafted a higher rated OLB.
Marshall definitly caught a lot of balls for us but he certianily undermined Henne when givin the chance and took a couple of shots at Moore. Hard to have a winning team when your star player is underming the most important position on the team with his behavior. Blame it all on Henne if you like but flip that additude around on Marshalls part maybe those 2 years we get 2 more wins each year.
At this point we will not know the true loss of Marshall until we spend those 2 3rd round draft picks. Except maybe Tony Sporano might still be here for what ever that is worth and Ireland might not be on the hot seat so much. Just something to think about.
