ESPN Insider: The Boston Globe is reporting the Patriots have agreed to send both their first-round picks and two other picks to the Lions for the No. 6 overall pick and Detroit's fourth-round selection (No. 105 overall), provided Miami safety Sean Taylor is still on the board when the sixth pick is on the clock.
Previously, Lions coach Steve Mariucci told the Detroit Free-Press the team had held discussions with the Patriots, among other teams, about trading out of the No. 6 spot to secure more picks later in the draft. "We've had some conversations with Bill (Belichick)," Mariucci told the paper. "They're the only team that has two in the first round. When you look to trade back, you always look at who's got two first-round picks. That's who you look at first."
New England holds picks 21 and 32 in the first round among seven picks in the draft's first four rounds. Detroit would get the two first-rounders, as well as one of the Patriots' second-round choices (either No. 56 or 63) and a fourth-round pick (No. 113).
Word is spreading that the Giants are the team most interested in acquiring this pick in order to draft QB Eli Manning. We're hearing the Chargers would gladly make the deal for a second-round pick this year and another second-round pick in 2005. If it happens, the Chargers would move down to No. 4 and probably wind up with Miami-Ohio's Ben Roethlisberger, who we hear coach Marty Schottenheimer is most intrigued with anyway.
If these trades go down it's very likely that Fitzgerald would be the choice of the Cards. The only setback would be the Raiders but they have apparently narrowed their focus to Roy Williams.
Previously, Lions coach Steve Mariucci told the Detroit Free-Press the team had held discussions with the Patriots, among other teams, about trading out of the No. 6 spot to secure more picks later in the draft. "We've had some conversations with Bill (Belichick)," Mariucci told the paper. "They're the only team that has two in the first round. When you look to trade back, you always look at who's got two first-round picks. That's who you look at first."
New England holds picks 21 and 32 in the first round among seven picks in the draft's first four rounds. Detroit would get the two first-rounders, as well as one of the Patriots' second-round choices (either No. 56 or 63) and a fourth-round pick (No. 113).
Word is spreading that the Giants are the team most interested in acquiring this pick in order to draft QB Eli Manning. We're hearing the Chargers would gladly make the deal for a second-round pick this year and another second-round pick in 2005. If it happens, the Chargers would move down to No. 4 and probably wind up with Miami-Ohio's Ben Roethlisberger, who we hear coach Marty Schottenheimer is most intrigued with anyway.
If these trades go down it's very likely that Fitzgerald would be the choice of the Cards. The only setback would be the Raiders but they have apparently narrowed their focus to Roy Williams.
