Quote:I think in that scenario, we could unload that QB as early as 7 and get an additional pick or two.

The only way that works is:

 

1.  The 49ers actually value the QB we select and do not value any other QB comparably.

2.  Somebody else is actually willing to trade up for that QB

 

In that scenario, the best you could hope to do is what Dallas did with Steve Walsh.  They took him in the first round of the 1989 supplemental draft, which cost them the top overall pick in the 1990 draft.  Later (1990) they traded Steve Walsh to New Orleans for a 1st and 3rd round pick in 1991 and a 2nd round pick in 1992.

 

In the Kelvin Pritchett and Wisniewski examples I mentioned above, the risk was minimal for Dallas because when building, they could always use another DT or another G.  If they got stuck with those players, they could reasonably count on immediate contributions from those players.

 

Not so with us and one of the QBs.

 

But there is a reason that is a rare exception.

 

I think the only hand you end up forcing is your own.

 

If you want to trade down, just complete the deal and let them pick the QB then you pick the guy you want.

 

Don't risk getting stuck with the QB you can't use.

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