Originally posted by PhinKev
I think you are jumping to unfair conclusions based on what I said. I think we should spend more on offense, but that doesn't mean you dump young talent on defense. If you want to reduce the spending on defense then you dump the older slower guys like maybe a Madison. You certainly don't let a guy like Ogun with years of good play ahead of him go.
Originally posted by lauderdale
I know everybody is hyped to get picks for OGUN but… Why would any team waste 2 picks on him if they can sign Wistrom or Kearse and not surrender any picks? Not to down what Wally has done here but is he really that much better than Kearse or Wistrom in the eyes of the rest of the NFL teams?
Originally posted by jbond
that'd give us #20 and #28......hmmmmmm......would like a team higher......
Originally posted by ckparrothead
I take issue with that article that said no 1st and 3rd has been paid for an RFA. If I'm not mistaken, the Jets signed Curtis Martin to an offer sheet from the Patriots and the compensation was a 1st and 3rd. The Pats used the picks to select RB Robert Edwards (Round 1 pick #18 overall), and RB Chris Floyd (Round 3 pick #81 overall).
I think it was a major gaffe on the part of that particular paper, the Sun Sentinel...unless somehow Curtis Martin was a franchise player and back then the compensation was a 1st and 3rd instead of two firsts...but I'm 99% certain Martin was an RFA and the Jets just paid a 1st and 3rd with a poison pill contract to get him.
Originally posted by Lukin
I don't think philly will bite on Ogun. It just seems to me that they need WR more than DE and they can fix that w/ their 1st round pick.
Originally posted by spike owen
People keep saying they wouldn't make this move (for the 28th pick). It's not a choice. Ogun is a restricted free agent. If he signs an offer sheet with a team, we can either match it or take their 1st and 3rd round picks. We can't block the deal. If Philly wants him, they get him (or we match).
Originally posted by rafael
I haven't reread it, but if I recall the article said no undrafted FA has ever been traded for a 1st an a 3rd.