Quote:I don't see how that's not trading back up into the 1st.


That's really picking nits...

 

This trade happened BEFORE the draft.

 

That's different from either:

 

1)  swapping multiple picks & players to move up in the draft (i.e. Derrick Harvey )

 

2) Having spent your first round pick, not having another pick until the second round at the earliest, then spending multiple picks to move back up into the first (i.e. Cleveland in 2007 trading p for Brady Quinn).

 

There was no swap of draft positions.

 

This a player for picks trade.

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