(04-03-2021, 05:05 PM)ATLjag Wrote:

(04-03-2021, 10:57 AM)Bullseye Wrote: So which player(s) do you value highly at 25 to preclude you from trading down?

I think this team is lacking playmakers.  The team has filled many of the holes and created depth in free agency, delivering the opportunity to take the best playmaker available at 1-25, regardless of position.  In my opinion, the further they move down from pick 1-25, the more chance they diminish the quality or potential impact of the playmaker.  I am more an advocate for them to package a later round pick(s) to move up, not down.

Using Bucky Brooks mock 2.0, for example, he has picks 1-19 through 1-23 being DeVonta Smith, Christian Darrisaw, Jaelan Phillips, Greg Newsome, and Travis Etienne.  Could I envision Baalke trading up "mildly" for one of the draft's guys like or similar to these...yes.  It all depends, of course, who is still or projected to be on the board at the 1-25 spot (or before).

I agree with this generally.

While I am not averse to moving up, I think this team has enough holes and there's enough talent in this draft that either trading back and adding a mid round pick or two, or at the very least conserving the multiple mid round picks we have might be preferable on some level.  That said, if a stud LT like Sewell or Darrisaw should fall, then explore trading up.

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(04-05-2021, 10:11 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(04-03-2021, 10:09 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I honestly would have to see who is still on the board, before I would consider any trade.

this.

but for the sake of conversation, I think it also depends on who you are targeting. If we have a number of later round guys on the radar, moving a little more or getting a later pick in the deal may make the trade more valuable than the other offers. Especially if the first round target is still expected to be on the board at 29, you have options.

I also think there comes a point where you have too many picks. Granted, those extra picks can help with upward mobility, but one of the things I've liked to do in sims is get future picks for moving this year - swap picks this year, and the team moving up sends a 2022 pick. For instance, the Jets trade, I'd rather get a 2022 3rd than their fourth this year for the slide back.

Trades are always going to depend on who you are targeting and who else is targeting your guy, whether you are trading up or down.

If you want a guy likely to be taken before your pick, and you have the capital to move up to get him, then you make the move up if you really want that player.

Conversely, if you are targeting a player, you don't trade down unless you can get that player of a player of comparable value with your later pick, or the number of picks make up for the difference.

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