(03-30-2020, 09:33 AM)Mikey Wrote: As others have said, makes more sense to either flip the OT/WR order in your draft, or if possible, trade back from 9 where one of the WR should be available and fits at a better value. This draft is immensely deep at WR, which kills some of the value for the top prospects.

Also not a fan of just throwing a position at the other spots -that's how you end up overdrafting a player just because they play a particular position.

This blueprint was for my idea of which direction we could go at the picks we have, so I kinda ignored the trade side of it. But I competely agree with the trade down idea. My post in another thread a couple weeks ago was suggesting actually that we trade down from 9 AND then trade up from 20. So we would end up with 2 picks around the 13/14/15/16 range, which would enable us to get a WR/OT or WR/DT or DT/OT combo of those top ranked players (who likely won't fall to 20). If they played it right, they could even get an extra pick or two out of it from the added cost of a team moving up to 9. At the very least they could come out net equal. Probably all a pipe dream though.

I also think the concept that the depth at WR means the top guys should fall is a bit flawed. It might play out that way a small bit, but make no mistake, there is a huge difference between the top 3 in this draft and the guys who might be available in the 3rd / 4th rounds. Players like Bryan Edwards, Van Jefferson, Gandy-Golden will be good value down there, but they are no where near the same value as the top guys... I think you could make a clear argument that if you don't get a WR with say our first 3 picks... then maybe you can wait and see which of that middle tier of WRs drops.

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