Quote:This a great philosophical question in terms of draft strategy. Do we as a team with a struggling defense stay at 5 and take an elite, high impact player like Jack or Bosa? Or do we take the trade and stockpile picks and take a good player at 15 while still adding quality players with 3 2nd round picks?


Look at it as


1. Jack

2. Kelly (or any variation of C/G/DE/CB/SS)


Vs.


1. Lawson/Spence

2. Kelly

2. Burns

2. Deion Jones


I've been going back and forth about this and while I would love to add a potential elite player like Jack, I think it would be beneficial long term to add 3 good defensive players and solidify the interior line with 4 picks in the top 2 rounds. We would still have rounds 3-7 to add depth as well.


From a trade value standpoint 15 to 5 is a big jump but 2 high 2nd rounders could be sufficient. I'd like to add some 2017/2018 mid rounders as well just to be greedy.

 

That's the real essence of the question right there as you have stated it.  

 

It's nice to think you're getting an elite player at #5, but what if they get injured or they're just not as good as you thought they were?  With the 2 extra 2nd round picks, meaning we would then have 3 2nd round picks, you can do a lot with that.   You could even double up with Lawson at 15 and Spence with our first 2nd round pick.  Then 2 more 2nd round picks after that.  

 

I think I'd take the deal.  

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