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Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By Beercloud
1/15/2019 7:19 pm
New England Patriots sends:
Craig Clancy (QB)
1978 Round 1
1978 Round 2
1979 Round 1

Houston Texans sends:
Miguel Davis (QB)
1980 Round 5 (Houston Texans)


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Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By Androwski
1/16/2019 10:06 am
I was surprised that nobody made a move for Miguel Davis yet... it had to be the Patriots. The AFC East has become more competitive than ever.

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By vcr5150
1/16/2019 12:06 pm
Yeah - that's the most I've given up for a single player ever. Felt like I had to make a move - the AFC East is a beast!

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By Salty_Watermelon
1/16/2019 12:52 pm
vcr5150 wrote:
Yeah - that's the most I've given up for a single player ever. Felt like I had to make a move - the AFC East is a beast!


Paid off immediately!

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By jgcruz
1/16/2019 2:17 pm
An interesting move by Houston to trade a young, relatively experience and excellent QB for draft choices. Especially considering the fact the its GM might be on the hot seat in just a couple of seasons.

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By GrandadB
4/19/2019 12:37 pm
As it has turned out so far, was a brilliant move by SaltyW/Houston. Might just end up being the most one sided trade to date in the league's history. congrats!
Last edited at 4/19/2019 12:38 pm

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By vcr5150
4/19/2019 3:09 pm
yeah, this one kind of blew up in every possible direction. The trade was made when arm strength and release were considered as important as accuracy. At the time, my team was competing for a high seeds in the playoffs - so I figured the picks given up were more like a 2, 3, and another 2. Instead I got a lemon, and gave up lottery picks.

blah, blah, excuses, excuses, and obligatory I hate 4.5 comment.

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By GrandadB
4/19/2019 3:12 pm
vcr5150 wrote:
yeah, this one kind of blew up in every possible direction. The trade was made when arm strength and release were considered as important as accuracy. At the time, my team was competing for a high seeds in the playoffs - so I figured the picks given up were more like a 2, 3, and another 2. Instead I got a lemon, and gave up lottery picks.

blah, blah, excuses, excuses, and obligatory I hate 4.5 comment.


Thanks for your post on this vcr, its no fun to hash over a blow up and one you'd like to forget. Hopefully, either 4.5 patches or the next version will have Davis kick it into high gear for you.
Last edited at 4/19/2019 3:14 pm

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By vcr5150
4/19/2019 3:31 pm
Also, now that I think about it - shortly after that time I made major changes to my weights. Like Grandad stated in another thread, Clancy scores significantly higher with my current weights than he did at the time of the trade. I want to say he was an 80 rated QB with my old weights, so jumping to a 97+ QB made the deal look a lot more attractive.

Also, I'm almost positive this was made during 4.3 when QB passing was everything. Even the short lived 4.4 the trade was not as lop-sided. Now with 4.5 hindsight, this looks Matt Millen-esque.
Last edited at 4/19/2019 3:32 pm

Re: Completed Trade: New England Patriots and Houston Texans

By Beercloud
4/19/2019 4:12 pm
What an incredible move here.

It looked completely different when it first was made compared to where it is now.
It's a pure genius move by Salty. Davis will be fine once vcr5150 finds out what Davis likes.

Great story.