Did the Saints just trade with NE? Did they just give NE a 1000+ yard double digit TD wr? How dare they!! Don't they know that NE just won the Super Bowl and they gave them another elite player for their OFF? Brilliant....just brilliant.
Trade down a few spots for additional 2nd round pick and 4th/5th or something like that.
Here's Biggsy's take on the trade down talk.
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune February 2nd, 2017
Do you think that the Bears could get a king’s ransom for their No. 3 pick and trade down? — @bradybeedon
The only way the Bears turn the No. 3 pick into a king’s ransom is if a team is looking to make a move up for a quarterback and history tells us that really a king’s ransom is probably only going to come in return for the first or second picks. If a quarterback is sitting there at No. 3 and the Bears are not interested in that player, perhaps they could get a quality return in picks for the selection. But the fact that everyone overlooks when they throw out the idea of trading down in the draft is that there has to be a team and usually there has to be two teams in a bidding war of sorts to generate a massive return. The Bears desperately wanted to trade out of the No. 4 pick in 2005. They didn’t see a player they were crazy over with that pick. Guess what? No one else saw a player they were crazy over at that point in the draft either and they wound up with running back Cedric Benson. General manager Ryan Pace will surely listen to any and all inquiries but it’s never easy to flip a first-round pick for an absolute bounty of draft picks.
In my opinion, I think our early 2nd and early 3rd are the value points for tradeback scenarios. This draft class is deep at a number of positions, and, as such, there are going to be target players slipping into the early second from the first. Likewise, there are going to be players slipping into the early 3rd from the late second. Assuming, our needs aren't the same as trade back partners - which is likely considering there aren't a lot of teams running a base 3-4 OR running press man coverage, we should get some value out of those two picks. I'd expect to see us trade out of either our 2nd round pick AND or our 3rd rounder. Not sure about that first pick though. One never knows though.
Trade down a few spots for additional 2nd round pick and 4th/5th or something like that.
Here's Biggsy's take on the trade down talk.
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune February 2nd, 2017
Do you think that the Bears could get a king’s ransom for their No. 3 pick and trade down? — @bradybeedon
The only way the Bears turn the No. 3 pick into a king’s ransom is if a team is looking to make a move up for a quarterback and history tells us that really a king’s ransom is probably only going to come in return for the first or second picks. If a quarterback is sitting there at No. 3 and the Bears are not interested in that player, perhaps they could get a quality return in picks for the selection. But the fact that everyone overlooks when they throw out the idea of trading down in the draft is that there has to be a team and usually there has to be two teams in a bidding war of sorts to generate a massive return. The Bears desperately wanted to trade out of the No. 4 pick in 2005. They didn’t see a player they were crazy over with that pick. Guess what? No one else saw a player they were crazy over at that point in the draft either and they wound up with running back Cedric Benson. General manager Ryan Pace will surely listen to any and all inquiries but it’s never easy to flip a first-round pick for an absolute bounty of draft picks.
In my opinion, I think our early 2nd and early 3rd are the value points for tradeback scenarios. This draft class is deep at a number of positions, and, as such, there are going to be target players slipping into the early second from the first. Likewise, there are going to be players slipping into the early 3rd from the late second. Assuming, our needs aren't the same as trade back partners - which is likely considering there aren't a lot of teams running a base 3-4 OR running press man coverage, we should get some value out of those two picks. I'd expect to see us trade out of either our 2nd round pick AND or our 3rd rounder. Not sure about that first pick though. One never knows though.
Good point Belli, you could be right. I also respect Biggsy, but his comparison to the 2005 draft is somewhat misguided in my opinion. Oh, it's generally fine, and I know that was his intent, to speak generally, but every draft is different as the dynamics are ALL different every year. That draft sucked mightily and most teams knew the value at the top end sucked. It is a good comparison for QB's to this draft as the QB position is weak, but it is strong at many other positions. We also can't ignore the fact that the Browns abundance of draft picks is also a VERY different dynamic to almost all other drafts and some how, some way, that dynamic is going to effect this draft somewhere along the way.