Quote:You stated that there is no reason, then you provide a reason with two different circumstances.

 

What if St. Louis is entertaining offers from both Cleveland and Oakland and Jacksonville finds out about it? What if the player that those teams are targeting is a player that Jacksonville wants? Now St. Louis can simply drop back one spot, take the player that they want anyhow since they don't want the player that Jacksonville does, and garner an extra pick or so in the deal. That seems like a likely scenario, doesn't it?

We're not trading up one spot for anybody. The Rams are going to trade back with Cleveland and Cleveland will take Manziel. This seems pretty obvious at this point. Only way that doesn't happen is if Atlanta somehow figures out a way to convince the Rams they have a better deal for them than Cleveland's second first round pick this year (they'd have to give up a king's ransom similar to the Skins did and I don't see them doing that just to get Clowney).

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