(03-15-2024, 10:19 AM)HardcoreMoJagFan Wrote:

(03-15-2024, 10:09 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Texans trade their 1st to Min lol

https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1768634543534231892?s=20

A 1st and 7th for two seconds and a sixth doesn't seem great value.  Seems even worse when you don't wait until the draft when fear of loss causes value to go up.  

Maybe the thought is Minns second next year might be 33.  But if the Vikings end up decent and it's a late second it seems bad.

If you go by the "points chart", yes, trading the 1st and a 7th for two seconds and sixth would be considered a win for Houston.  However, one of the second round picks being acquired is a future pick.  It's generally accepted that a future pick is worth one round lower.  As such, if you consider Houston's compensation to be only a second rounder, a third rounder and a sixth rounder, Minnesota got the better value and won the trade.  

I do agree with the post made on another board that Houston must feel the dropoff in talent between 23 and 42 at whatever position they are targeting isn't huge and therefore made the trade.

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