Jets are re-signing OL Conor McDermott
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Well he has more receiving TD's than Mims.
But why do I feel that Mims is a better blocker than McDermott
Frigging moron .... THANK GOODNESS!!!! it's like when Ditka drafted Ricky Williams. We can all just go home now!!
me, Ditka, or both? give it to me straight... I can take it.
Nah man I’m referring to Ditka . Who trades their entire draft for a RB ? . That’s the one position in football that’s almost guaranteed to not have the player be worth his rookie contract . Especially if said player is going to be used as a mule .
they killed him in NO, and then in Miami too.
Genius my friend.
What about this one?
The Herschel Walker Trade (1989)
The largest trade in NFL history involved 18 players and draft picks and launched the Dallas Cowboys' dynasty. Walker had accounted for more than 2,000 all-purpose yards in 1988, but head coach Jimmy Johnson knew he needed more picks to build a team. Minnesota thought Walker was the last player it needed to make a Super Bowl. After intense negotiations, the Cowboys traded Walker, along with their third- and 10th-round picks in the 1990 draft, the San Diego Chargers' fifth-round pick that same draft (acquired by trading running back Darrin Nelson), and their third-round pick in the '91 draft to Minnesota. The Vikings traded linebacker Jesse Solomon, linebacker David Howard, cornerback Issiac Holt, defensive end Alex Stewart, Minnesota's first-, second-, and sixth-round picks in 1990, and a second-round pick in '92.
However, the trade had a conditional draft picks option with the four players Minnesota traded. If Johnson cut them before Feb. 1, 1990, the Cowboys also would get Minnesota's first- and second-round picks in 1991, and first- and third-round picks in '92. Johnson waived Stewart in November 1989 and made it clear he would cut the other three, but he and Vikings general manager made a deal to lessen Minnesota's hit on draft picks and for the Cowboys to keep the players.
The rest is history. Dallas used the picks to trade and acquire players that included Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and Russell Maryland and went on to win three Super Bowls in four seasons. The Vikings only made the playoffs once with Walker, who never found his footing in Minnesota and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1992.
Later
one of my favorite moments in NFL History, because an entire franchise's direction was altered by one trade.
We have a chance/ chances to do something bold like that this year with #4 and #10.
The Cowboys didn’t even need the usual gun and mask . They robbed the Vikings in front of witnesses and got away with it . To this day some folks still believe that was a good deal for the Vikings.
If you have the opportunity to draft a game changing RB in the first round you do it . You never give a premier RB his big payday via a trade and very seldom after his rookie contract . The odds are always stacked against you even though some have gone on to have excellent careers .
One that comes to mind is our very own Riggins .
One that comes to mind is our very own Riggins .
