(04-29-2023, 10:06 PM)Newton Wrote: This seems like a draft that just didn’t fall the right way for us. I hope I’m wrong, but usually the wisdom of the crowd is correct.

I would agree with that as a generality.  When I look at the draft, I think there were a number of times where good potential picks for us that balanced need and value fell halfway between our draft positions.  Given our large number of later picks, this would seem like the ideal time to trade up.  However, it's hard to know who would have accepted what.  I'm aware that Baalke claimed he tried to trade up a bunch of times, but we have no way of knowing whether those offers were serious.  I could say I offered to trade up, but if I'm only offering a 7th rounder to move up 15 spots in the early rounds, that's the same as not trying to trade up.  The 2023 draft set the record for the number of draft day trades, so it's not as if there weren't a bunch of teams willing to trade down.

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