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Originally Posted by Valencia
I have now lost a 1st round 2008 pick and the ability to clear cap space and may not be able to recover the loss in the upcomeing fix(I also have no leverage in the Manning - McNabb part of the trade).
The 1st round 2008 was added to compensate for not doing the Manning and McNabb part of the deal.
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Brett, I can't say this for certain, but I don't think I looked at the 2008 1st round pick that way. It's hard to remember exactly, because we had so many rounds of negotiations, and I've had so many trades. But I know (and Brian could back me up, because I sought his opinion) that I considered Manning and McNabb essentially straight-up, given their contracts. I always viewed the loss of the Manning/McNabb aspect of the trade as more detrimental to you (due to your cap issues) than to me (I could have a great, but massively injury prone QB for $800 or a great and never injured QB for $1400 - pretty much a wash). I thought you added the 2008 1st round because I was tripping up over giving away all three of my 2007 1st rounders. I could be wrong...