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What if Peterson Slides?

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I know it's an off chance, but if Peterson slips (meaning Quinn goes to Cleveland) what about snagging him?

I LOVE Ronnie, i really do, I feel that he is very SOLID. But he hasn't had that "special spark" that I feel we needed with that high of a pick. What about taking Peterson (which means investing a lot of money in the RB position i know) and rotatin ghim and Ronnie for a year. Gives us a year to see if Peterson can carry the load and stay healthy (and ronnie for that matter) and wiht them having a 1-2 punch, they SHOULD both produce (like the R&R express) and keep Defenses on balance, and we should be able to trade one away for a tidy profit next year...

Any takers? It's more likely that we would trade down....but it would be a blast havin these 2 in teh backfield....
 
Phinzone said:
I know it's an off chance, but if Peterson slips (meaning Quinn goes to Cleveland) what about snagging him?

I LOVE Ronnie, i really do, I feel that he is very SOLID. But he hasn't had that "special spark" that I feel we needed with that high of a pick. What about taking Peterson (which means investing a lot of money in the RB position i know) and rotatin ghim and Ronnie for a year. Gives us a year to see if Peterson can carry the load and stay healthy (and ronnie for that matter) and wiht them having a 1-2 punch, they SHOULD both produce (like the R&R express) and keep Defenses on balance, and we should be able to trade one away for a tidy profit next year...

Any takers? It's more likely that we would trade down....but it would be a blast havin these 2 in teh backfield....
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I agree with you if Ricky doesn't play for us next year, but if Ricky does stay, I don't think this is a good idea, we need too many other areas covered. Esp. OL.
 
If Peterson Is There At 9 Then I Would Look For The Best Trade Offer And There Would Be And Take It.packers Would Really Like Him.
 
If that happens, we will be trading with Houston, GB, or possibly Buffalo (I doubt that one though). If it's with Houston, I'd say we'll probably get another 3rd, any others and it will be at least a second. My guess is GB, And if he gets past Cleveland I'd say there's a 1 in 3 chance that Minnesota or Atlanta doesn't draft him.
 
Phinzone said:
I know it's an off chance, but if Peterson slips (meaning Quinn goes to Cleveland) what about snagging him?

I LOVE Ronnie, i really do, I feel that he is very SOLID. But he hasn't had that "special spark" that I feel we needed with that high of a pick. What about taking Peterson (which means investing a lot of money in the RB position i know) and rotatin ghim and Ronnie for a year. Gives us a year to see if Peterson can carry the load and stay healthy (and ronnie for that matter) and wiht them having a 1-2 punch, they SHOULD both produce (like the R&R express) and keep Defenses on balance, and we should be able to trade one away for a tidy profit next year...

Any takers? It's more likely that we would trade down....but it would be a blast havin these 2 in teh backfield....
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If Peterson slides, then there should be a whole lot of teams knocking and willing to trade up with Miami. :)

We on the other hand do not need him, nor should we even consider taking him.

Ronnie will eventually be one of the elite Backs in the NFL, has averaged 4.2 yards a carry while Miami has been trying to find themselves on Offense with different QBs and Coordinators, and Peterson will be coming into the NFL with a minor dark cloud of maybe having injury problems.
 
If I were GM and could draft Peterson, I would trade Ronnie Brown to Green Bay.
My draft would be #9-Peterson, #15- Joe Staley, #40- Kolb.
 
CC Coach said:
If I were GM and could draft Peterson, I would trade Ronnie Brown to Green Bay.
My draft would be #9-Peterson, #15- Joe Staley, #40- Kolb.
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Ronnie is not getting a 1st round pick from anyone, outside of Mia most people don't think hes all that good
 
JT#1 said:
Ronnie is not getting a 1st round pick from anyone, outside of Mia most people don't think hes all that good
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Yeah, no offense, but I really doubt that most of the league would not trade a high pick for Ronnie Brown. His all around talent is as good as anyone that doesn't have the initials L.T.
 
I also think we would see some trade offers, not because we could bluff anyone, but because we WOULD entertain the offers.. that being said, Minny grabs him first..
 
No way I think he slides, but since the original question was "if he slides what do we do?" I say entertain all trade offers and take the one best for us- no matter who it comes from.
 
When it comes to the draft, there is no shortage of inanity

Take Adrian Peterson with the ninth pick? Why? What possible justification could there exist for such a move? Assuming we had no running back and hadn't spent the #2 overall pick on one two years ago, franchise running backs are a dime a dozen, you can get them in virtually any round. And just what is the obsession some have for Adrian Peterson? He's a very good prospect with injury concerns, but he's no better a prospect then 20-other guys that have entered the league in the last 10-years. He's not going to save a franchise. He's compared to Eric Dickerson, oh, like Jamal Lewis was compared to Eric Dickerson, or Ricky Williams was compared to Earl Campbell, or most laughable of all, Reggie Bush was compared to Gale Sayers. No running back is a franchise savior.

Is Adrian Peterson better then Ronnie Brown? I highly doubt it. Brown takes some abuse for a guy that has averaged 4.2 ypc in his short career running behind one of the league's worst offensive lines, with one of the league's worst quarterback situations. His yards per reception average is the same as Reggie Bush's, while his rushing average is more than half a yard better. LaDainian Tomlinson has twice averaged less then 4 yards a carry for a season, in his career, but he's undoubtedly the best back out there (with the best offensive line, and two of the best quarterbacks in the last five-years, and the best TE, etc). The great L.T. averaged an embarrassing 3.6 ypc his rookie season. His two-year average to start his career was 4.1, compared to Ronnie's 4.3. So before you say things like most of the league realizes "he ain't that good", or Adrian Peterson is a messiah in cleats, think harder.
 
great call bro. we could snag peterson at 9, pittman and irons in the 2nd, booker in the 3rd, and address our real needs on day 2 with our late round picks.
 
JT#1 said:
Ronnie is not getting a 1st round pick from anyone, outside of Mia most people don't think hes all that good
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I seem to remember the head coach of the Patriots raving about him. But what does he know.
:rolleyes2
 
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