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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bobby Roberts" data-source="post: 212187" data-attributes="member: 260">Re: williams to browns confirmedActually with your assessment, considering Harrell was drafted to replace Williams, we traded the 1st rounder from 2007 for a second rounder in 2008.  We already had an impact player at DT from the 6th rounder in 2004.With that, Harrell has yet to prove that he can become as much of an impact player Williams.  Therefore one could argue that we dropped in quality on the DL with this chess play.That being said, I agree that considering the situation this offseason, this is the best move that could have been made.  TT has done an excellent job of adding quality DT depth.  In fact it appeared that he kept too many DTs on the roster last season, until a couple went down this injuries.  Keeping Williams at this point would have cost a significant amount in cap space while still leaving him with a tough choice of which player to cut.The 2 keys to this deal becoming a work of genius by TT -- Harrell developing into a major impact player and Jolly continuing to play at his high level from last year (with both staying healthy of course).GO PACK GO!!!</blockquote>

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