Akili Smith trade redo

[THE PISTONS]

(10-07-2019, 01:10 PM)TKUHL Wrote: The Saints (Ditka) offered up the entire draft that season, 99 I think. A first round pick in 2000, another 1st in 2001 and a 2nd in 2002. Yes you take that offer and run with it. Unless your the Bengals.

We supposedly got offerred 2 1sts, a second- and fourth-round picks this year and fourth-round selections in 2012 from the Falcons for AJ Green.

The Browns took the offer. The guys they drafted...were terrible:

1. [b]NT Phil Taylor, 21st overall, 2011:[/b] The Browns swung a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs to move up and select Taylor. His rookie year was his best, but injuries have cost him the better part of two of the last three seasons. The first-round selection of Danny Shelton this year and Taylor’s slow recovery from last year’s season-ending knee injury ultimately led to his undoing.

2. [b]WR Greg Little, 59th overall, 2011:[/b] Little actually had more receptions (61) than Jones (54) during their rookie seasons, and they both had 41 catches in 2013 — except Jones only played in five games compared to Little’s full season. Little is currently fighting for a roster spot in Cincinnati, where he caught six balls for 69 yards last season.
3. [b]RB Owen Marecic, 124th overall, 2011:[/b] Marecic was released by the Browns after two seasons and ended up retiring a few months later after failing to catch on with the 49ers. Marecic re-enrolled at San Francisco State University and planned to attend medical school, according to this interview with the Performance Training Center.  
4. [b]QB Brandon Weeden, 22nd overall, 2012:[/b] Released after two seasons of mediocrity in Cleveland, Weeden now serves as Tony Romo’s backup in Dallas. Not much else to say here.
5. [b]RB Trent Richardson, 3rd overall, 2012[/b] [b](Cleveland used the fourth-round pick from Atlanta to move up one spot and select Richardson)[/b]: Released. Again. By the Raiders. Richardson may have a hard time finding another NFL job after he was dismissed by Oakland this week. He struggled mightily in two seasons in Indianapolis, which gave up a first-round pick to Cleveland for his services in September 2013. All is not lost on this front, however. The Browns used Indy’s first-round pick to select . . . Johnny Manziel.