Quote:What happened is that Caldwell chose to take Bortles at 3, and did not trade down.


 
There could be several reasons that Caldwell did not trade down:


 
1. He did not want to risk losing Bortles for just an extra 1st next year.

2. He tried but did not succeed in trading down.

3. He would have made the trade but Buffalo didn't try because they expected the Jags to want a lot more.


 
If it were cases 2 or 3, then I'd say Caldwell is not a very good GM if he can't engineer a trade that the Cleveland GM made.



Bortles was pegged as the first pick in quite a few mock drafts over the last several months. That tells me he wasn't really as much of a reach as you think.

 
Case 1 reminds me of the Alualu pick. Our GM falls in love with a player who was expected to go later, and fears trading down. Yes, yes, <del>Miami was going to take Alualu</del>, Cleveland was going to take Bortles.


 
If he makes the trade, the worst case is we get (say) Barr, plus an extra 2015 1st round pick. Considering it's Buffalo it will probably be a high pick. Best case is that Bortles is still there at 9. Maybe Bortles is that good, and Caldwell made a great move. I hope so. But I saw the Fiesta Bowl and was not impressed.

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