Ty Burna
Getting Noticed By Management
hell, I'd go one further and say that Ty got borderline-swindled. I fail to see why everyone assumes Adrian Peterson will be incredible. He's 30, and he missed for all intents and purposes all of 2014. Running back production starts to die off at 30. And considering Petersons workload (over-worked for his whole career) and missing an entire year, I don't see him being worth it. long term at all, and short term isn't guaranteed.
Even if Peterson has a good year this year, it can't be expected for many years to come, and he would have mortgaged his future for a good season or 2 at a position he is already stacked at.
I'm not looking at it for the long term. I'm in super win now mode with the roster I have built up. If I win 2 or 3 championships with my roster, and then everything has to blow up, then so be it. I don't see that happening however as a majority of my major pieces are still young as hell. I traded two essentially unknown backs, 3 extra picks I had, and a LB that was sitting at 4th on my LB depth chart for a known quantity in Adrian Peterson, who is physically not the same species as the rest of us. If I get two or three years of good production out of him, then that is all I want and need from this trade.
Having a plethora of RB's that aren't going to crack my starting lineup but are valuable assets does nothing for me other than using them as trade bait. Clay is not going to contend this year, and so I sent him those valuable assets that could allow him to turn his team around. I had acquired 2 extra 1st round picks along with an extra second. They are worth far more to a team that is not going to contend then someone that is on top already, and a player that is a known quantity is more valuable to me at this juncture.