|
In response to
"Has a team ever traded away the #1 pick before knowing it was the #1 pick? -- nm"
by
Reagen
|
Sorta? If I'm reading this right...
Posted by
Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz)
Dec 25 '23, 11:46
|
Tampa gave up what would become the #1.1 pick in June 83 to the Bengals; who turned around and traded it to New England at draft time.
June 1983
Cincinnati Bengals receive: 1984 first-round selection
Tampa Bay Buccaneers receive: QB Jack Thompson
April 1984
New England Patriots receive: 1984 first-round selection via Tampa Bay
Cincinnati Bengals receive: 1984 first-round pick, 1984 first-round pick, 1984 tenth-round pick, 1985 fifth-round pick
The New England Patriots wanted to make sure they drafted their choice of wide receivers in the 1984 NFL Draft. So they sent their own pick at 16, a pick at 28 they received from the Raiders in a trade involving defensive back Mike Haynes, and two additional picks to the Bengals so they could come up to the top of the board and receive the first-overall pick, a selection Cincinnati had acquired the previous summer from the Buccaneers.
The Patriots drafted WR Irving Fryar out of Nebraska, making it just the second time a receiver had been drafted first overall. The Bengals added DE Pete Koch at 16 overall, OL Brian Blados at 28 overall, RB Brent Ziegler at 265 overall in the tenth round, and DB Lee Davis in the fifth round the following season.
|
Responses:
|
