Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
Yeah that's how some teams get comp picks. But Elway takes it up another level by tricking other teams into overspending for his bad players (see Brock Osweiler).
Dorsey played Elway and Oakland like a fiddle last year when they overpaid for Donald Stephenson and Sean Smith.
Both of these players were benched and we got comp picks for them :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Dorsey did this to the Raiders who overpaid Sean Smith and then benched him in the first month of the season.
Dorsey must be the greatest ever... some around here like to say he hoodwinked the Broncos into taking Lynch. Lots of strategery and misdirection in the draft for sure, but giving Dorsey all this credit for what other teams do is kinda funny. It's as silly as someone suggesting that Elway tricked Houston into overpaying for Brock when Denver offered and was willing to pay about $3M less per year. Elway was lucky that he stood his ground on the money and that Houston was willing to pay more without meeting with or spending time with Brock. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mile High Mania:
Dorsey must be the greatest ever... some around here like to say he hoodwinked the Broncos into taking Lynch. Lots of strategery and misdirection in the draft for sure, but giving Dorsey all this credit for what other teams do is kinda funny. It's as silly as someone suggesting that Elway tricked Houston into overpaying for Brock when Denver offered and was willing to pay about $3M less per year. Elway was lucky that he stood his ground on the money and that Houston was willing to pay more without meeting with or spending time with Brock.
I don't think Dorsey tricked Elway into drafting Lynch. I think KC had no ammo. Elway did the right thing with Brock IMO.
What's funny is Schwartz was brought in to shut down Von Miller and then Von went out and got 3 sacks on him the next time he played against him. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
What's funny is Schwartz was brought in to shut down Von Miller and then Von went out and got 3 sacks on him the next time he played against him. :-)
Thank goodness the rest of the Broncos sucked that game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
Yeah that's how some teams get comp picks. But Elway takes it up another level by tricking other teams into overspending for his bad players (see Brock Osweiler).
You silly infant.
John Elway offered Brock Osweiler more than 17m per year and tried to offer more when Brock stopped taking his calls and basically gave Elway a "Bye, Felecia"
Then, he went out and signed 2 offensive tackles (to replace the offensive tackles he had drafted the previous year in the second and third round) to stupid contracts that he's having to release this offseason.
The best part of that is by signing those 2 guys, Elway was so sure they were the answer to his OL problems that he lost premium comp picks by signing them.
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
What's funny is Schwartz was brought in to shut down Von Miller and then Von went out and got 3 sacks on him the next time he played against him. :-)
One of the sacks was a designed screen that Alex ruined by holding the ball. The play design was for Schwartz to let Von free and get to the 2nd level.