Originally posted by Janitor:Lol, the article was deleted. Until this is proven true, it's not.
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Originally posted by Janitor:Lol, the article was deleted. Until this is proven true, it's not.
Originally posted by GEEK:Originally posted by Janitor:Lol, the article was deleted. Until this is proven true, it's not.
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Originally posted by SanDiego49er:I believe Spillman and Constanza(spelling?) are in position to be our special teams aces. Spillman is probably the more applicable one in this case, as his ability to backup at S and play special teams make him more valuable right now than Mays would have been.
Originally posted by 12b6demurrer:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
What the hell? We pick a guy in the 2nd round with huge athletic ability and then turn around and email the entire league lowering his trade value. We get only a 7th rounder in return?... I agree with some others. Just keep him then. He is on special teams alone worth at least a 7th rounder. And you could try to develop him and you could try to switch positions with him. I don't see how getting that valuable 7th rounder that we couldn't do without was so great?...
Great job Baalke and Jed led front office.....
Even assuming we got him for a 7th rounder (yet to be confirmed by anyone from either team), would you rather keep a piss-poor safety over a fringe guy like Demarcus Dobbs, Ian Williams, Scott McKillop, etc.?
He's worth it on special teams. He was good there. You need 1 special teams ace. He could make the 53 man roster. Getting a 7th rounder was nothing. You don't give him up for free. He was coveted enough to be a 2nd rounder so somebody should give you something for him of reasonable value. An email to the entire league lowered his value too because they know we don't want him. So they just lowball the offer.
Just a terribly run front office we have...
Originally posted by btthepunk:
I probably would have rather hang on to him than getting a 7th round pick, if its true. This does not show "incompetence" by Baalke. If any team thinks he'd be that good there would have been better offers even with the email being sent. He made one good play last year and like someone said because he was in the right place at the right time.
Big deal SINGLETARY drafted him in the 2nd round and we got a 7th round pick for him. For all we know the 7th round pick could be a safety who goes on to have a way better career than Mays will have. The Bengals didn't rob us. Think of it this way, The Patriots drafted Tom Brady in the 6th round right? If they traded him for even two first round picks would that be a steal for them?
Mays might have been worth a 6th round pick, possibly a 5th, but for a player that so many questioned his ability to play safety in the NFL even while he was at USC, it would be hard to get anything of value for him.
I remember before the draft they said that they were going to basically stick with the draft board that McCloughan had put together. Baalke was NOT in control then.
Originally posted by LA9erFan:
So sending a mass email didn't result in a bidding war that raised his value. Imagine that.
Originally posted by LA9erFan:
So sending a mass email didn't result in a bidding war that raised his value. Imagine that.
Originally posted by btthepunk:
Originally posted by LA9erFan:
So sending a mass email didn't result in a bidding war that raised his value. Imagine that.
Youre right, we might have gotten a 6th round pick for him. Even without the email there wouldnt have been a bidding war for him.
Originally posted by King49er:
we should trade Patrick WIllis for a 7th rounder too, that guy really sucks bad
Originally posted by Paul:
http://www.cincyjungle.com/2011/8/29/2392262/bengals-used-a-seventh-round-draft-pick-for-safety-taylor-mays
Not really pleased with the deal