Quote:They would have to trade Rivers on order to make the trade work. The only team in the top 4 that would take Rivers in a trade IMO would be Tennessee.

As I indicated in my answer, theoretically they could trade Rivers to a team later in the first (i.e. Houston, St. Louis, ) for their first round pick this year, then potentially package those two picks to move up that way. 

 

But that would require too many moving parts without any guarantee they would get Mariota.

 

To do it that way, pre draft they would have to trade Rivers and get this year's first round pick from whomever traded for him.  Then, if they were to deal with us, they'd have to wait to see if Mariota were still on the board at 3.

 

If so, then they would have to outbid the other teams, and Jacksonville would have to be inclined to move down that far, even if they outbid the other teams.

 

That would be too much on field risk.

 

Unless they orchestrated a 3 team deal that would get Rivers traded and the right combination of picks to Jacksonville while Jacksonville was on the clock and Mariota were on the board at the time, the Bolts would potentially be without Rivers AND Mariota, heading into potentially a lame duck season in San Diego.

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