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2012 NFL draft question

QB Poll 17 members have voted

  1. 1. Who will have the best NFL career

    • Andrew Luck
      82%
      14
    • Robert Griffin III
      11%
      2
    • Other, please list
      5%
      1

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So now that these two pieces are in place, who has the better NFL career. This way we can go back in five years and see who really was right!

man, this is going to be a complicated discussion. Luck is a pure passer, RG3 can pass and run. Sort of similar to the Vick and Manning draft, Manning came out on top due to the Superbowls, but Vick has always had the hype and the glamor.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 11:12 AM)
man, this is going to be a complicated discussion. Luck is a pure passer, RG3 can pass and run. Sort of similar to the Vick and Manning draft, Manning came out on top due to the Superbowls, but Vick has always had the hype and the glamor.

neither manning was in the same draft as vick

 

i said luck (as most will seeing as how he is essentially the consensus #1 pick), but if the question is luck, griffin, or the field then i should have said field.

 

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 08:12 AM)
man, this is going to be a complicated discussion. Luck is a pure passer, RG3 can pass and run. Sort of similar to the Vick and Manning draft, Manning came out on top due to the Superbowls, but Vick has always had the hype and the glamor.

Peyton was in the same draft as Ryan Leaf(who went #2). Not sure the other QB's in Vick's draft off the top of my head and I believe Eli was with Rivers (who the Chargers got in the trade, along with other picks), Cutler, etc.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 11:32 AM)
Peyton was in the same draft as Ryan Leaf(who went #2). Not sure the other QB's in Vick's draft off the top of my head and I believe Eli was with Rivers (who the Chargers got in the trade, along with other picks), Cutler, etc.

iirc brees was the other qb in the vick draft

 

eli was in there with rivers and big ben

 

cutler was in a different draft with leinart and young

damn I was up too early and out too late to be making any sort of sane thoughts. jesus

 

Vick and Brees

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 11:32 AM)
Peyton was in the same draft as Ryan Leaf(who went #2). Not sure the other QB's in Vick's draft off the top of my head and I believe Eli was with Rivers (who the Chargers got in the trade, along with other picks), Cutler, etc.

Easy to confuse them, because the Chargers also had the #1 pick the year Vick was there but traded that pick to Atlanta for the #5 pick and a 3rd rounder.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 08:33 AM)
iirc brees was the other qb in the vick draft

 

eli was in there with rivers and big ben

 

cutler was in a different draft with leinart and young

Brees was a 2nd round pick in Vicks year (Chargers used the 1st pick in the 2nd round to get him). Took Tomilson with the pick they got from Atlanta. Yep, my bad on Cutler.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 11:34 AM)
Easy to confuse them, because the Chargers also had the #1 pick the year Vick was there but traded that pick to Atlanta for the #5 pick and a 3rd rounder.

wow...put that in perspective with what the Rams just did....

 

#1 pick for #5 pick and a 3rd rounder

 

vs.

 

#2 pick for #6 pick, two more 1st rounders, 1 more second rounder

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 08:37 AM)
wow...put that in perspective with what the Rams just did....

 

#1 pick for #5 pick and a 3rd rounder

 

vs.

 

#2 pick for #6 pick, two more 1st rounders, 1 more second rounder

That isn't right. They got more than a 1st pick and a 3rd rounder. I believe it was another 1st round pick as well. Or at the very least a future 2nd round pick. I'm 100% sure it was more than just a 1st and 3rd.

 

Edit: Yep, 1st, 2nd (2012), and 3rd rounders, and Tim Dwight (Univ of Iowa)

 

The Falcons got the opening pick in exchange for the fifth overall pick in the first round, their third-round pick, their second-round pick in 2002 and wide receiver Tim Dwight.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 10:37 AM)
wow...put that in perspective with what the Rams just did....

 

#1 pick for #5 pick and a 3rd rounder

 

vs.

 

#2 pick for #6 pick, two more 1st rounders, 1 more second rounder

 

You also have to put it in perspective what the teams did with the picks. Brees and Tomlinson for Vick is pretty awesome. The Broncos got what with the picks for Cutler?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 11:38 AM)
That isn't right. They got more than a 1st pick and a 3rd rounder. I believe it was another 1st round pick as well. Or at the very least a future 2nd round pick. I'm 100% sure it was more than just a 1st and 3rd.

 

Edit: Yep, 1st, 2nd (2012), and 3rd rounders, and Tim Dwight (Univ of Iowa)

 

The Falcons got the opening pick in exchange for the fifth overall pick in the first round, their third-round pick, their second-round pick in 2002 and wide receiver Tim Dwight.

that makes more sense, but still.... in both trades the teams jumped 4 spots (from 5 to 1, and 6 to 2), and the redskins gave up 2 1st rounders and a third, while the falcons gave up a 2nd, a 3rd and receiver nobody heard of

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 08:40 AM)
You also have to put it in perspective what the teams did with the picks. Brees and Tomlinson for Vick is pretty awesome. The Broncos got what with the picks for Cutler?

Technically Brees was selected with the Chargers pick (not the Falcons). The Chargers actually got, Tomilson, Tay Cody, and Reche Caldwell.

 

Technically they did well because Tomilson was a beast and they still got their QB in Brees with another pick, but the other guys the Chargers got didn't exactly light it up.

 

A better haul was the Chargers trade of Eli Manning, where they got Rivers, Nate Kaeding, and Shawne Merriman (1st round the following year).

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 10:42 AM)
that makes more sense, but still.... in both trades the teams jumped 4 spots (from 5 to 1, and 6 to 2), and the redskins gave up 2 1st rounders and a third, while the falcons gave up a 2nd, a 3rd and receiver nobody heard of

 

What is the value of the picks though. Brees was the first pick of the second round, that is still a pretty high value pick, no?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 08:42 AM)
that makes more sense, but still.... in both trades the teams jumped 4 spots (from 5 to 1, and 6 to 2), and the redskins gave up 2 1st rounders and a third, while the falcons gave up a 2nd, a 3rd and receiver nobody heard of

When they traded their pick for the 4th pick with the Giants (Eli deal). Chargers got another #1 and a 3rd.

 

I'd argue that the difference in the Redskins deal is that now, these top picks aren't as expensive, so the price (in terms of picks) has increased if you want a guy like this because your franchise is less crippled if your top pick busts. In the past, if your top pick busted, you were screwed cause you had invested 50M bucks in them.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 10:45 AM)
Technically Brees was selected with the Chargers pick (not the Falcons). The Chargers actually got, Tomilson, Tay Cody, and Reche Caldwell.

 

Technically they did well because Tomilson was a beast and they still got their QB in Brees with another pick, but the other guys the Chargers got didn't exactly light it up.

 

A better haul was the Chargers trade of Eli Manning, where they got Rivers, Nate Kaeding, and Shawne Merriman (1st round the following year).

 

Ah, didnt know that. thanks

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 11:47 AM)
When they traded their pick for the 4th pick with the Giants (Eli deal). Chargers got another #1 and a 3rd.

 

I'd argue that the difference in the Redskins deal is that now, these top picks aren't as expensive, so the price (in terms of picks) has increased if you want a guy like this because your franchise is less crippled if your top pick busts. In the past, if your top pick busted, you were screwed cause you had invested 50M bucks in them.

no doubt about it this played a huge part in it

Andrew Luck will be on the Brady, Rodgers, Brees level in a few years. He'll be a hall of famer. I like RG trey but he's not on Luck's level imo.

 

And yes Luck is a great pure passer but he's not a statur like Brady or Peyton, he's a great runner as well.

Luck busts

Manning wins another Super Bowl with the Not-Colts

RGIII has a terrific career.

 

You heard it here, folks. Too good of a story to pass up.

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