What is foolish beyond belief is someone with a one track mind. Yes, Green Bay has a history of this. You stated the same example twice. Lets go back to 2009. Matt Cassel was up against Rex Grossman, J.P. Losman, Byron Leftwich, & Kyle Boler. None of them are named Peyton Manning. Matt Stafford was the number one draft prospect. Number two was Mark Sanchez. Sanchez was not projected to go in the top 5. Which means, there would be other options this year without having to make that trade. If I were going to make a trade, it would be for the number two pick this year. Outside of Cassel in 2009, there was no option if you wanted a quarterback. This year there are options. That's why it would be a foolish trade.
This is where you are totally lost on this issue. Why is it foolish if a team WANTS Flynn and thinks he is best option for them to give up a pick to secure him and remove all risk of losing him? This ain't fantasy football son, this is the real friggin thing. This ain't playing a video game with your buddy in your parents basement or having a couple beers using a cheet sheet and a No. 2 pencil. If you as a GM or a franchise all together and feel Flynn is the best fit for your team, you don't risk that. Especially if you are a bad team without a viable QB on the roster. Which is why a team like Cleveland or Seattle or Miami might part with a 2nd or 3rd round pick to secure him.
It doesn't matter who else is in the draft or who else is a free agent. If a team WANTS Flynn they will be willing to do what it takes to get him, remove all risk. A team like Seattle for example in a garbage division is a QB away from going to the playoffs and contending for the division, they don't want some rookie QB and growing pains of having to deal with that. They are in win-now mode. Why risk losing him? Over what a 2nd or 3rd round pick? That's f'n foolish!
All these so called "options" you speak of. Let's be real...1) Luck isn't an option for any team NOT named Indy. 2) Manning who the hell knows with his injury. 3) Tannehill has only 20 games as a QB in his life and is a total project 2-3 years away from being ready. Who are all of these options?
Once again, give up a 2nd or 3rd round pick for Flynn. Or give up 3 first round picks or 2 first round picks and a 2nd rounder (or in that ballpark) for RGIII. What is more realistic for a team, obviously the Flynn deal.
Let say you are Miami. And under one scenario Luck goes to Indy. Manning retires. RGIII goes to Cleveland after they trade up. You want to get in a bidding war with Seattle and Washington over Flynn? Or give up a 3rd round pick or a 2nd round pick and just land him and remove all risk? That's a foolish trade? HA! Yeah right!
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