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Scott M's avatar

Whoever we draft, regardless of position, needs to make the team and make the team better. Looking at our roster vs where we pick and who we likely will be able to draft, I'm left thinking we are not going to make a ton of picks this year. As we get into rounds 5-7 I just don't know if there is much likelihood of players even making the team, let alone making us markedly better. Not many holes to fill and coaches still need to figure out who's on the team still. I have used several draft sims and I like my results of trading back from 16 and trading up from anything 100-120ish or later. Make 4 picks between 30ish and 100ish or 5 picks between 30ish and 120ish....I tend to get 4-5 players with great chances to make the team and help out. Just my opinion...but for the love can we speed up the clock and lets do this already!!!! DRAFT WEEK IS HERE!!!!!

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Stephen Pitell's avatar

Most of my votes depended upon who I thought the BPA was more than their position.

A question I have had to ask myself is, "Is trading down necessarily antithetical to Best Player Available?" And my quick answer is yes, BPA necessitates that you NOT trade down. But upon further thought, I can see it isn't black or white, yes or no, it's more of, well, trading down might mean you see a group of players as all equally good and that means trading down and getting the last one of that group is OK with you, while getting some sweetener to add to your draft haul. Or, a team could even concede that by trading down they are going to lose out on the BPA at 16, but see the added pick derived from the deal as enough compensation to make the deal palatable and worth the risk.

Still, if you give up a "blue chip player" for two that are likely to be decent but not spectacular players, I cannot see that as good value.

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