Before it was looking like Mario would be the guy, the Titans and Saints were talking trade. (probably to clench the QB the Titans wanted). Had that trade gone through, here is what the draft might look like....1 Houston Mario Williams - DE2 Tennessee Reggie Bush - RB3 New Orleans D'Brickashaw Ferguson - OT4 New York AJ Hawk - OLB5 Green Bay Vernon Davis - TE6 San Francisco Michael Huff - CB7 Oakland Vince Young - QB8 Buffalo Donte Whitner - S9 Detroit Ernie Sims - OLB10 Arizona Matt Leinart - QB
I would switch the Jets and the Packers picks, we would have been much more likely to draft Vernon Davis or Matt Leinart at #4 if Ferguson wasnt on the board. Mangini comes from the Belicheck tree, where spending Day 1 picks on Tight Ends is a Yearly Event and Leinart could have been a possible solution to our QB situation.I also third what they said, I like how the draft ended up.
I never heard much about the Titans wanting to trade up. I highly doubt they would have, very out of character for our FO.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeefunk @ May 3 2006, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I never heard much about the Titans wanting to trade up. I highly doubt they would have, very out of character for our FO.</div>In the week leading up to the draft, the insider story was that the Jets were talking trade with NO, and the Titans started talking trade as well to protect their interests of getting the top QB.I, however, postulate that the Titans would take Bush over Young.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ May 3 2006, 08:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeefunk @ May 3 2006, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I never heard much about the Titans wanting to trade up. I highly doubt they would have, very out of character for our FO.</div>I, however, postulate that the Titans would take Bush over Young.</div>Well yeah, the Titans trading up one spot to get Vince Young would have been about the equivilant of the Cleveland Browns giving up a second rounder to trade up one pick for Kellen Winslow Jr. since 1) He would have lasted to their pick no matter what anyways and 2) Even if some team came out of nowhere and wanted to take him, the talent level drop would not have been worth spending so much to trade up.
