People may forget but Michael Vick was traded before he was ever even drafted into the NFL. The San Diego Chargers held the 1st pick in the 2001 NFL draft but they traded that to the Atlanta Falcons for the 5th overall pick, the 67th overall NFL pick, the the 49th overall 2002 pick - plus Tim Dwight.
Those picks were used to tale LaDamian Tomlinson, Tay Cody, and Reche Caldwell by the Chargers while the Falcons picked Vick. Atlanta and got 11,478 passing yards, 71 passing TD's, 3,869 rushing yards in 6 seasons before his career was derailed by dog fighting. Meanwhile the picks of the Chargers had 9,176 rushing yards (Tomlinson) plus another 3,407 combined receiving yards from Caldwell and Dwight. Not to mention the 111 rushing and receiving TD's from Tomlinson alone.
That puts the trade about equal in terms of production but when you factor in that San Diego did not have to go through the same PR hell as Atlanta plus additional more productive seasons from Tomlinson - have to say they made out on the transaction. Glad Vick was able to turn his life around though.
That really was a great trade for both teams.
ReplyDeleteOne of the rare trades that worked for both sides
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