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From Bob McGinn at the Journal-Sentinel ...I ask a question at the end..
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Green Bay - The Green Bay Packers turned down a trade offer from the Cleveland Browns on Saturday that would have brought them another first-round draft choice in 2008.
The Cleveland Browns wanted QB Brady Quinn so much, they offered the Packers a 2008 first-round pick.
Green Bay was among about 10 teams that Browns general manager Phil Savage called in a concerted bid to trade up for a first-round pick and select quarterback Brady Quinn of Notre Dame.
Eventually, the Browns located a trade partner in the Dallas Cowboys and got Quinn. In order to move up from the second round (No. 36) to the first round (No. 22), the Browns gave up their first-round pick next year.
Savage said the Browns, who had used the third selection on Wisconsin tackle Joe Thomas, began contacting teams when Buffalo was on the clock at No. 12. Asked if he was close to a deal before Dallas, Savage replied, "Maybe Green Bay."
Having noticed the Packers linked with running back Marshawn Lynch in most mock drafts, Savage guessed that general manager Ted Thompson might be willing to deal the No. 16 selection.
"There were a couple people in our room who were kind of for it," Thompson said. "I didn't dismiss it out of hand but I was never keen to it. We wanted the pick.
"I believe in building and that sort of thing. But I think you have to try to help your team. Quite frankly, I'd rather help us now rather than help us a year from now."
On Saturday, Thompson said he couldn't conceive of a situation in which he would trade a first-round pick in next year's draft.
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So even though few teams saw him as an "elite" player...Thompson thinks he will have an immediate enough impact to give up what is likely to be a high first-rounder next year for a guy with a bum arm and unproven?
Here's another one: The Chiefs want a first and a fourth for Larry Johnson. If the Packers took that deal, they wouldn't have Harrell, but the could have shipped the first next year to the Chiefs and landed Larry Johnson for the equivalent of a fourth round pick and cash. Think about that.
What Ted is saying is Harrell will have more impact than Larry Johnson, Randy Moss isn't worth a fourth, and being well under the salary cap with a team of middle-rounders is better than competing for the Super Bowl this year.
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Green Bay - The Green Bay Packers turned down a trade offer from the Cleveland Browns on Saturday that would have brought them another first-round draft choice in 2008.
The Cleveland Browns wanted QB Brady Quinn so much, they offered the Packers a 2008 first-round pick.
Green Bay was among about 10 teams that Browns general manager Phil Savage called in a concerted bid to trade up for a first-round pick and select quarterback Brady Quinn of Notre Dame.
Eventually, the Browns located a trade partner in the Dallas Cowboys and got Quinn. In order to move up from the second round (No. 36) to the first round (No. 22), the Browns gave up their first-round pick next year.
Savage said the Browns, who had used the third selection on Wisconsin tackle Joe Thomas, began contacting teams when Buffalo was on the clock at No. 12. Asked if he was close to a deal before Dallas, Savage replied, "Maybe Green Bay."
Having noticed the Packers linked with running back Marshawn Lynch in most mock drafts, Savage guessed that general manager Ted Thompson might be willing to deal the No. 16 selection.
"There were a couple people in our room who were kind of for it," Thompson said. "I didn't dismiss it out of hand but I was never keen to it. We wanted the pick.
"I believe in building and that sort of thing. But I think you have to try to help your team. Quite frankly, I'd rather help us now rather than help us a year from now."
On Saturday, Thompson said he couldn't conceive of a situation in which he would trade a first-round pick in next year's draft.
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So even though few teams saw him as an "elite" player...Thompson thinks he will have an immediate enough impact to give up what is likely to be a high first-rounder next year for a guy with a bum arm and unproven?
Here's another one: The Chiefs want a first and a fourth for Larry Johnson. If the Packers took that deal, they wouldn't have Harrell, but the could have shipped the first next year to the Chiefs and landed Larry Johnson for the equivalent of a fourth round pick and cash. Think about that.
What Ted is saying is Harrell will have more impact than Larry Johnson, Randy Moss isn't worth a fourth, and being well under the salary cap with a team of middle-rounders is better than competing for the Super Bowl this year.