(05-04-2023, 08:50 PM)Jag149 Wrote:

(05-04-2023, 12:47 PM)Mikey Wrote: Just how would that work? If we trade for the dude, we're taking on the very same cap burden, and last I checked we were not swimming in cap room. If the guy is too pricey for the other team to handle, he's probably well beyond any reasonable glimmer of fitting inside our tiny window of space.

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it's rare that a GM is gonna address the media and state "we were hoping to get [dude], but we traded too far back and had to settle for [guy] instead."

even if you settled, you're going to hype the guy like he was the prize from the get-go.

Exactly !  We traded back and still got some good guys. We entered the draft with a 1,2,3,4,4,6,6,6,7 nine picks. These were not at the beginning of the rounds like we are used to. We picked 13 times adding 2 5th round, 2 7th round and the Saints 2024 4th round pick. I am sure they might could have traded up if they were willing to give up some of next year's picks. If you look at the teams that moved up in the 4th and 5th rounds a lot gave up 2024 picks one round lower than the round they moved up in. (would you want to trade back for 6th and 7th round picks? really now)

https://www.nfl.com/news/2023-nfl-draft-...since-star