2007 and 2008 1st-Round Trade Downs

So, to summarize, the Eagles received the following players for those two first-round draft picks: Jason Peters, Stewart Bradley, Trevor Laws, Quintin Demps, Mike McGlynn and Kevin Kolb and, as the Eagles see it, gave them flexibility to take Brent Celek and DeSean Jackson.

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And the players taken with the first round picks we gave up were Anthony Spencer(backup so far could be starter this year) and Jeff Otah. I think we have faired better in the trades.

by The Legend on Apr 19, 2009 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And for full disclosure...

…I was as pissed off as anybody when we made both of these trades. This is why fans are fans and GMs are GMs.

by ajay on Apr 19, 2009 12:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yup. This is something I tell myself every day.

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by JasonB on Apr 19, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Throw out the “gave them flexibility to take Brent Celek and DeSean Jackson” rhetoric. Saw that on Spadaro’s column on the Eagles website. That’s nonsense.

But the point is well-taken. Both trades were excellent. At the time, I LOVED the trade they made with the Panthers, but hated the Cowboys trade. Give the FO credit – They’re batting 1.000 trading back. Don’t be shocked if they do it again.

by Bye, Dawk :( on Apr 19, 2009 1:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They thought about...

…taking DeSean at 19 but got him at 49. I’d say that’s flexibility.

by ajay on Apr 19, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were definitely not thinking Jackson at 19, or they would have taken him at 47 instead of Laws. But that’s not what I meant. I’m just saying let’s give them credit for picking good players with the picks they got in return for those first rounders, but not get carried away with adding other good players to the equation that had nothing to do with the trade to stregthen the argument.

by Bye, Dawk :( on Apr 19, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

Banner’s argument, according to an interview with Spadaro on the Eagles website, is that they had the flexibility to make additional moves. He admits that had they only had one pick in the 2nd round last year they would’ve taken Laws. But because they had two they snagged Jackson also.

by ajay on Apr 19, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Big Red said they were thinking about thinking about taking Desean at 19 but were concerned about his attitude like a lot of other teams. I think if we kept the pick he would of been our selection.

by The Legend on Apr 19, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think Red said that to make it seem we wanted Desean the whole time.

One reason Jackson was so good last season was he came in with a chip on his shoulder. I expect him to do well again this season, but he progressed and worked hard to show the mistake ever other team made by passing on him when he got to camp last season.

I think we would have taken Otah personally, but Carolina talked us out of it.

by Smallbugger on Apr 19, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs