(02-21-2022, 09:25 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-21-2022, 08:07 AM)I am Yoda Wrote: One of these QB needy teams is going to get nervous and go gaga over Pickett, Corral, or Willis.  Let's see the combine and free agency shake out.  We may well get a trade partner.

We can trade down if we offer the pick for the right price.  Obviously, almost any team would prefer the #1 pick to, say, the #9 pick.  So what is it worth, to move up from a later spot?  Obviously, not as much as in other years, but it is worth something.  

So, we have to find a team thinks the #1 pick is worth more than we think it's worth.  That's the equation.  Find a team who would prefer the #1 pick to, for example, the #9 and #41 picks.  And then, if we would prefer to have the #9 and #41 picks, we have a trade.

But, of course, we cannot expect to get as much in the trade as in previous years when there was a hot QB at the top of the draft.  But if we are willing to accept the fact that the #1 overall pick is not worth as much this year, then we can surely get a trade going.

I'm not saying we should do it.  I'm just saying, obviously, a trade is possible.

No way! I'm not giving this pick away. If I'm moving down that far, I want the #9 pick, the #43 pick and their first round pick in 2023. IMO, we'd be taking a huge risk by trading down that far anyway. Even though there may not be an elite level player like Penei Sewell in this draft, I still believe there are 3 really good players (Hutchinson, Thibodeaux and Gardner.) After those 3, I believe the dropoff in talent level is pretty sharp. If I'm taking a chance that all of those guys might be gone when we pick, I want significant compensation.

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