I think it depends on the draft year, like this years draft is said to lack that top tier quality... Unless you love a certain guy, I would rather trade back... and increase the quantity...
Where in other drafts with much better quality, I would be willing to trade up. And try to get those very tip top guys.
Originally Posted by: beast
I agree. Although we're in prime position to have a prospect fall to us at 14 that we could use, we could have an interesting pick for teams who are interested in Josh Allen or Baker Mayfield, with the Cards picking right after us.
The Bills would be interesting, as they do have two firsts to play with. Getting their 22nd pick, along with their 53rd pick checks out as pretty much even on the trade chart.
That gives you ammunition to trade up in the 2nd for a guy like Hayden Hurst or just sit back and pick up a guy like Anthony Averett with the pick we'd get from the Bills...
Anyway, that's all speculation. I do know that I'd be a bit let down if Gutekunst starts out by trading for a lot of future picks or dropping out of the 1st completely from pick 14. The stats show that round 1 and early round 2 are, obviously, the places to find some impact players.
After that, though, it pretty much becomes a crap shoot if you look at the amount of Pro Bowlers per round. I know, Pro Bowl doesn't say that much, but you don't get there by being a total nobody. For everything round 3 and down, I prefer the Herschel Walker approach. Just stack a lot of those picks and hope that two or three pan out. That's really all you can ask for. I mean, if you really think guys in the 3rd or later would be Pro Bowers, you wouldn't be drafting them in the 3rd.