The Denver Debate

By Mia Jackson

Did Denver “really” lose? The team traded down twice before that trade up for Tebow. In those two trades, they received the following actually netting the players they wanted AND an extra third round pick. Shell game galore!

Denver’s 1st Day Draft Trades:
» First-round pick (No. 24): Traded to Patriots
» Third-round pick (No. 70): Traded to Ravens
» Third-round pick (No. 87)
» First-round pick (No. 13): Traded to Eagles
» Fourth-round pick (No. 113): Traded to Patriots

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Are the picks to the Ravens too much to give up if you truly believe that this is a guy to hang your hat on – literally? We don’t know. The Tebow debate will only be answered on game days. We can watch every Gruden training session, listen to each of his press conferences or call his mother, and we will know absolutely nothing about his ability to transfer his game to the pro level until he takes the field.

What I thought was best, regardless of the player, was how they came in ready and armed with a strategy: move down until no longer prudent (someone else back East does that, right?) Rumor has it, there as no move up until Buffalo was packaging a deal together to jump back in the round and pick up Tebow. We will probably never know how much of that is true. Doesn’t matter. We’re talking about the trade practice right now – taking what you have and making more of it. If someone told you that you can leave with what you wanted and more than you came with, you’d take the deal. That’s what McDaniels did. Now, it’s time for wait and see.