I spent the better part of the first round of the draft in the car driving down to the Illadelph from New York.  As fate would have it, pick #19 coincided with a dark zone on the AM radio spectrum.  That is, I was just about to lose The Fan and ESPN 1050 out of New York and I wasn’t quite picking up WIP and ESPN 950 out of Philly.  We’ll estimate my position at that point to be circa Exit 8A.

Anyhoo, I got word of the Birds’ trade at #19 from the New York media (Mike and the Mad Dog, to be precise). They thought it was an amazing deal for the Birds — total steal with the three picks (including the number one next year) for the 19. I tended to agree (though I had hoped some larger scheme was in the works all along, hopefully involving blue chip WRs coming to Philadelphia).

A few minutes later we switched over to the Philly stations and, predictably, the natives were aghast:

“How does trading for the future help us win the Super Bowl this year?”

“This is my frustration with this Eagles team! They never make the moves they need to make!” [?]  

And, my favorite,

“I wonder what Donovan McNabb is thinking right now! He asked for help, and they got him nothing!”

It’d be one thing if this was the nonsense coming from the callers, but no, this was the hosts, including Ray Didinger. Boys, you’re better than this. Seriously. You’re better than this.

(Personally, I like the trade at 19 a ton.)