Loomis confirms Saints-Dolphins to trade 6th round picks

Saw this and thought I'd post it to show that this is official. You have to get down to the bottom to see this:

"The Saints will see some marginal improvement elsewhere in the draft, though. Loomis said that as the final piece of the trade that sent Reggie Bush to Miami last year, the Saints and the Dolphins will swap sixth-round picks in April."

I wish we'd have had the forethought to make this a conditional pick based upon Bush getting 1,000 yards rushing. Oh, well.

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We know it was conditional in some fashion. If it hadn’t been, it might well have only been 7th rounders. My guess is that it hit the low escalators (to 6th) but didn’t hit the high escalators (to 5th).

by FriarBob on Jan 24, 2012 11:23 AM CST reply actions

Better then nothing

I was all for cutting him outright
So the way I see it we didnt get stuck with any of his salary
We were able to sign Sproles
And we get a better 6th round pick

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 24, 2012 1:59 PM CST reply actions

It’s a shame they could have moved him prior to signing Sproles. Most teams realized he was going to wind up getting cut by then. Probably could have gotten a 4th, had that not been so obvious, although Philly was in hot pursuit at the time, so I guess it’s better not to press our luck on something under the table.

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by coldpizza on Jan 25, 2012 10:05 AM CST up reply actions

Um, they did move him before signing Sproles.

But the fact that just about everybody knew he was almost certain to be cut greatly reduced the potential compensation. That much you’re definitely right about.

by FriarBob on Jan 25, 2012 11:54 AM CST up reply actions

A hearty laugh @ everyone who asserted we’d SURELY get a 1st or 2nd for the wunderkind decoy, if ever we were to lose our minds and trade him.

by coldpizza on Jan 25, 2012 10:01 AM CST reply actions

Was hoping for a fifth honestly.

I admit…I’m incredibly disappointed we didn’t get a late round pick out right. Trading roughly 15 spots in the 6th round…is barely worth mentioning.

-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.

by jeff.l.b on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM CST up reply actions