(03-28-2018, 10:03 PM)knarnn Wrote:

(03-28-2018, 09:52 PM)Eric1 Wrote: I don't know, I'm more of the belief that them covering all bases now, it sets them up to let the board fall how it may and they can take the BAP. Maybe it's QB, maybe it's TE, maybe a Guard, maybe OT, maybe WR, maybe LB. I don't think any of those positions are completely out of the question at #29. I think they've worked themselves into the perfect spot with FA and they don't have to worry about bundling up picks in order to get that "one guy".

Now, I'm not saying that's not the case, they very well could be eyeing one, or two certain guys and are going to go after them hard. My feeling is just that they covered all bases so they could go anywhere they want at #29 and truly take the BAP.

That could certainly be the case as well and I haven’t ruled that out as of yet. I just don’t get that feeling based on the history of our front office. Caldwell historically has never been the “sit back and let the draft come to him” kind of guy. He’s traded up multiple times to get “his guy”. I think he’s traded back a grand total of once since being here. Couple this with the fact that the feeling around the building is that we are going “all in” for this year and it wouldn’t shock me in the least if we are aggressively targeting someone who they believe can tip the scales in our favor. They understand that if we move up, it will cost us a good portion of our picks, but that’s ok - because the vast majority of our needs were filled in FA.

Hes never really had to sit back and wait for the draft to fall to him in the 1st round though. Now that we'll be picking at the end of the 1st, it's much harder to try and predict who might still be there at #29, rather than top 5.

Yea he has did some moving up, but moving up a few spots into the 2nd/3rd/4th isn't nearly as big, or costly as moving up into the high-mid 1st round though.

One thing that's definitely for sure, it's going to be a very interesting draft.

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