Week 6: Non Packers

[Kerb Hohl]

As was said, they'll get a compensatory pick, so there's really no downside to the deal. Might as well get Bradford a real receiver for a couple months.

I've gotten that all along. They had better not sign him for any amount of time.

Is he a free agent at the end of the year?

Obviously something might be up on the other side of the deal if Denver was willing to literally give him away if they were faced with the same choice.

[Mags FTW]

It's dumb for STL simply from the standpoint that he might help them win 1-2 more games and lower their draft position.

[El Duderino]

They're giving up a 6th round pick (5th if he catches 30 passes). I'm not sure how they're losing much there. Great trade for them imo.

Why? So they can extend him later on when he has a decent year at 30 or 31 (or have the burden of having to decide) and watch him go downhill on a fairly big contract? They could choose to let him walk, too.

What is having him there going to do? Why waste time or money on this when you're 0-5?

I guess I've watched enough teams develop like Ted and I have the same feelings about NBA teams. Maybe in the long run, the cost is minor, but you need to be looking 2-3 years out.

I'd rather stockpile those picks and use them to rebuild...but even if the pick in this trade is useless, I'd rather develop some young guys. I'd rather have next year's 3rd round pick WR out there than Lloyd unless they seriously think this team can be really good in 2012, which is laughable in itself.

Maybe he's their Driver, but I don't see the attitude there.

If they don't get someone who can get open, Bradford is going to die. The things Lloyd can do this year are likely to surpass what they'd get for an average 5th-6th rounder, and besides, if they do let him walk, my guess is they'd get a 5th or 6th round comp pick. Their season is over, but I give them credit for trying to preserve Bradford's sanity. With essentially zero investment.

I agree

Bradford is their franchise QB and he has absolutely zero weapons to throw to. They probably are just trying to do something to hopefully avoid leaving Bradford shell-shocked over what's going on this year. That alone would be worth a 6th round pick IMO and add in the comp pick angle, it's a no-brainer. Plus, Lloyd knows the offense already and can step right in to play.

[Wade-A-Holic]

I was impressed watching Bradford against the Packers. He is not the problem there. He throws a good, catch-able, accurate ball everywhere on the field. His receivers are awful. Chastin West is probably better than most of what they had at receiver on Sunday.

Anyway, came across this story on my Twitter feed. Apparently Fred Taylor's kid is a beast... http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10 ... ing-yards/

Kelvin Taylor, the son of former NFL great Fred Taylor, is emerging as one of the best running backs in the the State of Florida in the Class of 2013. Taylor rushed for a staggering 426 yards Friday night – which set a county record – but it isn’t even his best single-game effort (437 in a playoff game last year). Taylor’s been so jaw-dropping this year …

The junior is now No.2 on the Florida all-time rushing list with 8,149 yards. I have alluded to the possibility that Taylor could overtake Emmitt Smith’s 8,804 yard this season. Only 655 yards away, that once outside shot seems to be an inevitability.

Taylor’s prodigious performance can reopen the slim possibility of him becoming the single-best runner in high school football history. That mark of 11,232 yards, set by Ken Hall of Sugar Land, Texas, between 1950 and 1953, is just over 3,000 yards away.

Taylor was 5-foot-11, 205 in 8th grade (that’s the size of some NFL backs), and he’s being coveted by the likes of Florida and Alabama. Taylor won’t set any single-season rushing records in Florida, though. No way he’s touching Travis Henry’s incredible 4,087 yards (291 yards per game!) and 42 touchdowns from 1996. Yes, that Travis Henry.

His dad, Fred, went to Florida, won a title with Steve Spurrier in 1996, and finished with 3,075 yards and 31 touchdowns.

[Kerb Hohl]

Fair enough. Makes sense in most ways I guess.

I wasn't as impressed with Bradford on Sunday (not to say that he won't be good) as some of you, but I can see that.

Denver must not like his previously noted attitude issues and McDaniels must think they're fine.

I know that they were trying the same thing with Mike Sims-Walker to get Bradford a target, but again, I'd have been drafting more/better in the first place. Amendola was an OK slot guy and Avery and what other conglomerate of poop were really bad and these scrap heap "name" receivers generally suck in these situations.

[PkrsBcksGphsMqt]

I still think the Rams would have been smart to go after James Jones. Obviously, I'm glad they didn't.