(12-19-2018, 10:57 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(12-18-2018, 12:42 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: That's because GM's ask too much in return. IMO, if I don't wanna pick as high as I am, because I don't see an elite player at a position of need for my team and I want 2 first round picks to move down, but my highest offer is a first and a third, I'm taking the best available offer. What good does it do to stick to a price tag and end up either taking a player who isn't going to help your team right away or to overdraft the guy you really want, when you can have him several picks later, but the price tag to move down, didn't meet your expectations? It does nothing. I'd much rather move down, select the guy I want at the draft position I had him slotted in and pocket the additional draft picks, even if they were lower than expected.

So now you get fleeced on your trade (per your own valuation), and by the time your new pick comes due, the player you targeted was drafted by someone two picks previous.

Now what?

What if he doesn't and what if you don't have a single player targeted, but instead have two or three that you grade equally? That is the case I see, if Haskins doesn't declare. I really don't have another QB targeted. I have Herbert, Grier and Lock rated close enough together that any one of them would be o.k., I guess. I really want Haskins and if he declares, I either stay put or even move up to secure getting him. If he doesn't enter the draft, I trade back as far as possible, adding 2020 picks and I take Herbert, Grier or Lock, because none of those 3 stand out to me, but they do have potential to be very good.

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