Andrew Friedman Players Quotations

For us to be successful, we've got to really broaden our applicant pool of players. We're trying to expand our reach internationally to give ourselves a chance at signing players that all the other teams have access to.

It doesn't make sense for us to make a trade unless we get a piece or two back to add to our collection of young talent. If we don't get that piece or two, it behooves us to keep the momentum we built in the second half with our young players and build off that.

With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success we enjoyed in the second half last season, anything can happen. I think there will be improvement over last year and that this will be a very exciting team to watch; the core of that team we expect to have significant continuity for seasons to come.

In an ideal world, we'd have more time to get these players acclimated to the new staff. But we've worked overtime to get these players ready to play and comfortable with the 2006 approach.

This is a classic change-of-scenery trade involving two former No. 1 draft picks that are still young players with tremendous upsides.