Shefter: The 1st pick is worth ...

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Someone is willing to pay that much.

If the Colts don't end up at #1 overall, they'll have to give up just as many picks as we would to get him. They'll just get the tiebreaker by virtue of sitting at #2 instead of #15.

The glory of that draft position is the bidding war as much as the prize, especially if you're a team like the Rams and you're after a bunch of lineman and WRs. There aren't any elite WRs in the draft this year (or relatively few) and lineman will be gettable in the 10 - 15 range. They have no reason at all to just trade back to 2 for a nominal return.

So if you're sitting at #15.....would you trade 3 1st round picks for the #1 overall spot?