What does it say to me?

Analysis of individual picks aside, it say to me that there is not a list of good relationships for trade partners. I don’t believe that Baalke maximized return value on some of these trades and was unable to move up with the ammunition acquired in the trade backs.

Truthfully, I believe the plan was to trade back and save money based on the draft position of the players wanted in the early rounds, and use those savings to afford the contract of player(s) to be traded up for in Round 3. With the inability to trade up materializing, Baalke was forced to use the pick accumulated (aside from the one 4th which was traded for a 4th next year), the lack of due diligence on late round players became apparent.

Time will tell if this draft turns out to have been a win for us, but I’m not overly excited based on surface value. Hopefully I have a lot of crow to eat based on my opinion.

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