One of the thoughts I've had this offseason is that, were our second first rounder a later pick, Dallas would be a perfect trade partner. The retirement of Travis Frederick is going to hurt them, and 17 is simply way too early to go after a replacement. At the same rate, sliding back to 20 is almost negligible in terms of ability to gather some extra draft capital on their part by picking later. Were we at say, 24 or 25, a swap of picks with a few of our extra mid-round picks to balance the deal would have been a slam dunk.

I think the talent is going to be there at 9 that will outweigh any offer from a team looking to acquire the pick. Unfortunately, 20 is that awkward spot where the top-level talent starts to thin out. If someone like Chiason slips, does anyone like him enough to offer us a later first AND some extra darft capital? Do they stand pat and hope that Gross-Matos or Epenesa are still there when they are on the clock?

The best chance we have at a trade back is if we can somehow generate some noise of NE having interest in Love, and he is still there art 20. If so, maybe we can work with NO on a trade to get the jump? Who else would be there that some team will want to jump for?

I'm a pessimist by nature, so 20 is one of those picks I *want* to trade away from, but I just don't know that we'll be able to find a willing partner.

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