(04-06-2021, 03:33 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-06-2021, 03:29 PM)Upper Wrote: I almost started its own thread on this, but I think we should really try to trade back up into the 3rd or real early 4th. I was skimming sirius on a drive yesterday and whoever the hosts were laid out a convincing analytical argument for doing it. Basically, there is a point in most drafts around picks 115-125 where the hit rates fall off a cliff. Sure you still get your Telvin's occasionally, but it's far more rare. They advocated for trying to trade your 5th rounders and later for players like Calais or Peters like the Ravens did, or for trading up into the top of the 4th or higher.

It wouldn't shock me if we could trade some combination of 130, 145, 170, and 249 to get back up into the 80s or 90s and get another quality day 2 pick.

It wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for this team to pick up an extra 3rd round pick.

It also would not surprise me to see the team trade a 4th round pick or later for a veteran TE like Njoku if the draft doesn't net them the TE they want by round 3.