 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
April 10, 2010
There are several factors that go into picking a partner totrade down with in the NFL draft.
Need – The teams willing to trade-up obviouslyneeds something they could not get via free agency and likely won’t fall tothem at draft day.
Circumstance – The Trade of picks/players has tobenefit both teams immediately or in the long ter...
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 A lot of teams see drafting in the top 5 as more of a cursethan a blessing. For one you are pressured to take players projected to be of acertain value. The other problem is teams normally drafting that high are therefor a reason. They have so many holes that this one pick is the equivalent ofusing bubble gum to patch the hole in the Titanic. The teams with these highpicks would love to trade down...
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 The Boys won their first playoff game since the 90’s last weekbreaking that embarrassing streak of impotence but for Texas where football is lifethat is not enough. Cowboys Nation to their credit measures success in Lombarditrophies so what happens if they lose to the Vikings on Sunday? Prior towriting this I completed a piece about the Vikings and how they pushed in alltheir chips on Brett Favre ...
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 The Minnesota Vikings are a franchise either on the brink ofgreatness or at the precipice of their biggest fall in franchise history. This organizationwent all-in on Brett Favre as the guy to get them over the hump and bring themtheir first Lombardi trophy. Of course football is a team sport so Favre can’tdo it all but the Vikings were a team with everything but a championshipquality QB. The Vikin...
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 The we’re going towin…oh wait, never mind award – The New York Jets. Guess the Dolphins didn’tget the memo they were supposed to lose (again).
The objects in themirror are a lot closer than you think award– NY Giants were once sitting pretty on top of the NFC East butnow the Cowboys and Eagles are right there with them.
The bad luck award – The Detroit Lions - just lost to theRams at home. This w...
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