Interesting draft day story about the Redskins going after Orakpo

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Draft day stories from Vinny Cerrato - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post

Vinny Cerrato was on SiriusXM NFL Radio Sunday evening with hosts Jack Arute and Jim Miller. He was telling them what it’s like to be inside an NFL war room on draft day. Several of his stories had Redskins implications. Here they are.
The Brian Orakpo Pick

(Washington took Orakpo 13th in the 2009 draft, one pick after the Denver Broncos drafted Knowshon Moreno.)

“In that room you have to react to whatever goes on, because you have to be ready for anything. And that’s why you have mock drafts and preparation prior to [the draft], so nothing’s a surprise. But there’s always a surprise. And things start to get tense about two or three picks away — Is our guy gonna be there? Like, the year that we were gonna take Orapko [sic], you know, we were trying to trade up with everybody, trying to trade up. Then Denver’s on the clock the pick before us, and I called them. How about this, I offer them a third-round pick to swap, and they called me back and they said No, you’re gonna get your guy, don’t worry about it, you don’t have to trade. How about that one? [Laughter.]

 

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HAH! Pretty cool stuff. I don't think Belichik would have extended the same courtesy to the 'Skins as Josh Daniels and the Broncos club did. I'm damn sure the Cowboys wouldn't have! Orakpo would most definitely been worth the trade up...