(02-21-2022, 08:07 AM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(02-20-2022, 10:45 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I would definitely not be opposed to trading back and accumulating more picks. I just don't see any other team willing to trade up to #1 given the state of the players in this draft. Maybe we could find teams to trade that #33 pick to, but I have a feeling that #1 pick is gonna be something we are stuck with given that this QB class is extremely underwhelming. Kenny Pickett is the top QB in this class and he really struggled in bad weather situations during the Senior Bowl. It was a constant source of debate during that week.

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.

What is working against this dynamic is the relative glut of viable to great veteran signal callers that may be available via trade or free agency.

Traditionally, guys like Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, possibly DeShaun Watson, Garoppolo, and now possibly Kyler Murray would never hit the open market or trade market.  Now these guys and Wentz and maybe Cousin might be available. 

Before, teams like Carolina, the Giants, Denver, Washington and Pittsburgh would have little to no recourse but to wait for the draft and then compete againt teams higher up in the draft order to get their guy or wait until next year.  But with all of these vets available through trade or free agency, I think the desperation inflated demand for rookie QBs will be suppressed a bit, resulting in fewer teams looking to trade up.  I think the only teams that may trade up looking for a QB are the teams that are left without a chair when the music stops playing, and the veteran QB they were hoping for goes elsewhere.

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