Titans Trade

by willchance on Apr 28, 2008 9:37 AM CDT

ESPN.com
August 1, 2008

The Tennessee Titans made history yesterday by trading away their entire 2009 draft. To Carolina the Titans traded first and second round picks, and running back Chris Henry, for Steve Smith. To Detroit they traded their third, fifth, seventh, and a first rounder in 2010 for Roy Williams. (The Titans had no 4th rounder in 2009 due to Pacman Jones's continuing woes.)

NFL analysts see this as a wise move given Tennessee's inability to keep up with league standards in the draft. Clearly flummoxed by the phenomenon of "players vanishing right before we pick", and "teams moving this way and that," Tennessee made a break with the draft altogether. Says coach Jeff Fisher, "As an organization you want what's best for the team first, and we decided that drafting wasn't in our best interest--at least for the time being."

GM Mike Reinfeldt says the Titans are in negotiations to trade all draft picks through 2012.

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Is

this a joke?

by RhiNo6705 on Apr 28, 2008 9:53 AM CDT 0 recs

For Real

I just saw this on SI. This is a strange move, but one that could pay off!

by Thunder Jones on Apr 28, 2008 9:56 AM CDT up 0 recs

Well

It says Aug. 1, 2008 --- Is it just something that COULD happen? This would be wicked ... But I don't believe it.

by RhiNo6705 on Apr 28, 2008 9:57 AM CDT 0 recs

When pressed

to explain this decision Reinfeldt replied, "Well, let's take the second round for instance. We were picking 23rd and had five players on our board: Desean Jackson, Calais Campbell, Malcolm Kelly, Quentin Groves, and Limas Sweed. Now are you telling me that it's mere coincidence that the 18th pick was Desean Jackson, 19th Campbell, 20th Kelly, 21st Groves, and 22nd Sweed. We had no choice but to take James Jones. Players just vanish right before we pick. It's so frustrating that we decided to skip the process altogether."

by willchance on Apr 28, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up 0 recs