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The Slightly West of East Coast Bias
Imagine This...
Travis Walling
Feature Presentation Columnist
April 27, 2006
It was often said during their playing careers that if Barry Sanders had run
behind the same offensive line Emmitt Smith did he would have rushed for
2000 yards every season. Well, there’s an opportunity to see something
similar to that scenario. It would be very simple and logical to make
happen, but there’s a less than 1% chance it’ll actually happen, follow me
though.
The Denver Broncos have 2 tradable picks each in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
rounds in this Saturday’s draft. Two of those picks came from the 49ers so
they are top 5 picks in the round. They have 10 total picks, but it is very
doubtful that they will draft 10 players. So here’s the plan, trade the
number 15 overall pick, number 37 overall pick (5th pick of the 2nd round),
119th pick (22nd pick of the 4th round), and Tatum Bell to the Houston
Texans for the #1 overall draft pick. Heck, even if they go so far as to
throw in the number 68 pick (4th pick overall in the 3rd round) they would
still have a pick in each of the first 6 rounds. Lowball them at first of
course, maybe just offer the 37th and 119th pick and see where they go with
it.
But just imagine Reggie Bush running in the Denver offense, barring
injury it would be a guaranteed 1,700+ yards rushing per year. And he would
automatically become their best receiver. And the topper is that because
they released Mike Anderson running back is a definite need, so it makes
sense in that way too. Bush is the perfect Broncos back, great cutback
ability, great vision. It makes too much sense not to at least attempt, and
it’s very very doable. You may be thinking “Well, they’ll be running the
same offense in Houston now so he’ll do just as well there”, to which I say
“Phu”, “Feh”, and probably “Pshaw”. Comparing Houston’s offensive line to
Denver’s is like comparing Barbara Bush to Jessica Alba. That’s the elder
Barbara by the way.
In the 2003 draft the Steelers moved up 11 picks to draft Troy Polumalu by
giving up 3rd and 5th round picks. Now, I know moving from the end of the
first round to the middle is different then moving from the middle of the
first round to the top. But using that info there is no logical reason the
Broncos shouldn’t at least attempt to move to the top of the draft. If ‘m
wrong, tell me why, I’d love to know.
You can reach Travis Walling @ twalling@featurepresentationonline.com.
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