I was playing my favorite mock draft game last night and it reached #27 in the first round, and both Reggie Ragland (LB) and Andrew Billings (DT) were available. So I picked one and then immediately traded up to get the other. Problem was I had to include a future first (in this case the 2018 pick) along with this year's second, fourth, and fifth to move all the way up from #26.

But it got me thinking of a question for discussion here. For whom, if anyone, would you trade a future first round pick to get, and would you ever give up a future first to get someone else AFTER you picked someone at #27 in this year's first?

I think about the only players I'd do it for in this year's draft (apart from one of the top 10 picks falling a la Aaron Rodgers), would be Billings and two of the Big Ten OTs, Jack Conklin and Taylor Decker.

(FWIW, after taking both Ragland and Billings, that particular mock draft also yielded speed at WR (Will Fuller AND Kolby Listenbee AND Charon Peake), Thomas Duarte at TE, Jordan Howard at RB, Eric Striker at OLB/ILB and Matt Judon at DE/OLB). No OL help, though. 😞

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Jack or Tunsil are the only players I would be cool with doing that for. Especially with a future 1st round pick you have no idea what quality of player you are trading away. Say something bad happens next year and you end up with a top 10 pick. You could be giving up a Von Miller or a Suh or a JJ Watt for a Andrew Billings. Even if you still end up with a later pick the next year there are going to probably be good players. Unless it's for a ridiculous talent then trading unknowns doesn't make sense to me.

For the most part I am not a fan of trading next year for a low level 1st round pick this year.

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