April 9, 2004
More lunacy about trading up for Eli Manning
Here's a crazy article about how the Giants need to trade up for Manning. The reasoning seems to be that franchise QBs are rare. They acknowledge that Tom Brady and Brad Johnson have won the last three superbowls, but they don't understand what that means. They ignore the fact that a QB is one guy out of about 50. They ignore the fact that you need a team to play football. They mention giving up the entire draft for Manning. Maybe they think he can win games by himself. Forget that Dan Marino couldn't. Forget that Tom Brady's team can beat Payton Manning's team because not one Patriots player is overpaid.
If we draft Manning, I'll root for him, but right now I'm rooting for Accorsi to stick with #4. I mean look at the top guys: Sean taylor, Robert Gallery, Manning, Big Ben, Larry Fitzgerald. Which ones are riskiest? the QBs. If we draft Taylor or Gallery (one or both should be available at #4, preferably Gallery) we probably can't lose. If we trade up we can lose BIG. Say we trade away our second round pick. Look at a mock draft and the great players projected to go in the top of round two. Nat Dorsey, for example. If we don't get Gallery, we're still hurting on OL...
Posted by James Trotta at April 9, 2004 1:55 PM