Quote:For moving up 9 spots, you have to be pretty lucky to only give up a fourth round pick.

 

That is exactly what Mike Mayock was expecting in his final mock. After the draft, Jones said Manziel was #1 on his board because the Steelers picked OLB Ryan Shazier one pick earlier and they did talk about it before deciding to select somebody I had never heard of (Zack Martin).

 

Back to our pick, I would have been mad if we had accepted Atlanta's offer because the other guys people mocked us to get - Sammy Watkins and Khalil Mack - were the two players picked right after Bortles. We would have been forced to pick the wrong guy if we had traded down.

 

 At the part of the draft the trade was made between Minnesota and Seattle,   I was expecting the Vikings to have to give up the eqivalent of a 3rd Round pick.   There's no question the Vikings are fortunate the Seahawks were willing to make the trade.   The Seahawks traded down again,  going from pick # 40 to pick # 45,  hence they likely believed either no player stood out on their draft board and/  or they felt they could maximize their situation better by having more picks.   

 

While I'm not surprised Zack Martin went in the part of the draft that Dallas took him,   I was surprised they were the team that drafted him.    If the Cowboys were going to pass on Manziel,   it sure felt like they would address one of their many needs on Defense.    Especially since their were a couple of viable options at Safety with pick # 16.    Martin is the anthithesis of the type of player Jerry Jones usually seeks in the higher parts of the draft.   Martin isn't flashy but he's effective.    His versatility is a huge plus.  

 

Trading down to pick # 6 was very risky for the Jaguars,  based on their desire to land Blake Bortles.   There was a good chance that the combination of Khalil Mack,  Blake Bortles,  and Sammy Watkins would have gone in the pick # 3 to pick # 5 range if the Jaguars traded down to pick # 6.    If this would have happened,  the Jaguars probably would have tried to trade down again.    

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