Redskins trade for RG3!!!!!!
http://dc.thesportsfannetwork.com/articles/5736-redskins-trade-rams-for-the-no-2-pick/
RG3 is coming to Washington.
The Washington Redskins acquired the No. 2 overall pick in April's NFL Draft on Friday from the St. Louis Rams by sending first rounders in 2012, '13 and '14 and a second-round pick this year to the Rams. In turn, the Redskins are expected to draft Baylor's Robert Griffin III with the second overall pick. The Indianapolis Colts are expected to draft Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first overall pick.
Griffin won the Heisman Trophy after completing 267 of 369 passes for 3,998 yards and 36 touchdowns. On the ground, Griffin carried the ball 161 times for 644 yards and nine touchdowns. During his four-year career at Baylor, Griffin threw for 10,071 yards and 77 touchdowns and ran for 2,199 yards and 32 touchdowns.
| Trade Breakdown |
| Rams Trade No. 2 Overall Pick in 2012 (RG3) |
| Reskins Trade 6th Overall Pick in 2012 2nd Round Pick in 2012 1st round pick in 2013 1st round pick in 2014 |
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I see Vinny Cerratto is back in town. Dumb move
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It is impossible to say either way right now. They have not even drafted him yet. If you say it is dumb all you are saying is you do not like RG3. If you say it is a good move it means you like him. We will see in a couple years if it is good or bad. If it works out it will be good for the city and the team I think.
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The Redskins just agreed to give up far more for Griffin than the Giants gave up to acquire first overall pick Eli Manning in 2004, or the Falcons traded to move up to take Michael Vick first overall in 2001. In 2004 the price for Manning was two first-round picks, a third-round pick and a fifth-round pick. In 2001, the price for Vick was one first-round pick, one second-round pick, one third-round pick and Tim Dwight.
Although a team trading away three first-round picks is not unprecedented, it is extremely rare: It hasn’t happened since the famous Cowboys-Vikings Herschel Walker trade in 1989.
In terms of the value given up for one quarterback, the most similar trade in NFL history to Friday night’s Redskins-Rams deal may have been the 1976 trade that sent Jim Plunkett from the Patriots to the 49ers for two first-round picks that year, a first- and second-round pick the following year and a backup quarterback named Tom Owen. That trade did not work out well for the 49ers, although Plunkett would later be the starting quarterback on two Super Bowl-winning Raiders teams.
The Redskins-Rams deal will go down as one of the most significant trades in NFL history. What we don’t yet know is whether Griffin will lead the Redskins to multiple Super Bowls as Eli Manning has the Giants, or whether this trade will be viewed more like the Herschel Walker trade, as it allows the Rams to stockpile talent and win Super Bowls. Or maybe both.
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Let me start by saying I think RG3 is going to be a Pro-Bowl level QB for many years to come. I am fine with giving up the two #1 pick and exchanging this years #1. What makes me uneasy is giving up our 2nd round pick this year. I would have prefered to have that 2nd round pick be in a future year. If RG3 is as good as the Skins think and we start to win then those future picks willl be later in the first round and not worth as much as early first round picks that we would continue to get if we continue to suck. I would like to have used the early 2nd round pickk to get some additional young help this year.
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"And no matter how you characterize the trade, the Redskins did not “mortgage their future” or “give away the farm” or anything like that in this deal. The Redskins still have 20 picks in the next three drafts. They last time I checked, quality players are drafted from the second round on every single year."
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