Quote:lol, you guys are missing the point.

 

If teams like Dallas(Eagles, 49ers come draft day maybe?) are actually looking to trade up to our spot for a guy that is about to just fall in our lap at #3, because they think he's worth that much, perhaps instead of just taking the best offer, we should take THAT guy at 3 that all these much bigger and better teams are willing to bend over backwards for.

 

I remember hearing this great story Holmgren told few years ago, about of how the Browns under his leadership were actually pretty darn serious about trading ALL their picks in every round that year to the Colts in order to grab Luck at #1. Even if it were said in jest, surely the Colts would do so right? No. Holmgren jokes he was turned down when he mentioned it. His offer only proved to the colts just how valuable a guy like Luck really was. Same deal here.

 

For your thought above to be grounded in reality, we'd have to assume that all scouting departments are equal and that a player's projected value is 100% accurate.  To carry it further, why would anyone ever trade picks if your above statement is true?  Oh if only you could have been the GM for Baltimore when we were trying to go up to get Harvey or if you could have been the GM of Dallas a few years ago when we were trying to go up to get Gabbert.  You would have told us "no way" and instead taken those players for yourself, right? 

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