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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
But again. Why are we so stuck on this idea that a team has to give up their entire draft to move up to a top 3 in a weak draft class and reluctantly take a guy they knew they could get 4 or 5 spots down? ESPECIALLY when there are maybe 3 or 4 guys that you would be fairly equally happy with?
I don't get it. If you don't like either Sanchez or Stafford, chances are that if you trade down to 5 or 6, you probably still get a guy you highly covet. And you get picks on the side.
Again, for a board that keeps complaining about never taking risks, I don't understand why there is such a fear to move a little away from the draft chart if you don't like what you have on your plate. Can I again bring up that the only trade into the top 3, Rivers-Eli only happened because San Diego knocked off a huge chunk of trade compensation value? Think San Diego regrets that trade? I sure don't. The Giants don't either.
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You can't trade down when no one is going to trade up and give you fair value, especially when there aren't any good QB prospects next year, and the draft is loaded with D.
This is the year to get a quarterback, this is the year we're in position to get one.
If we trade down to 7 or 8, I guaran****ingtee someone will trade in front of us to grab Sanchez.
Then, what do we do? We're out of our QB and we've picked up another pick in a bad draft for defensive talent.
Moreover, if you do trade down, you also destroy any chance you have of drafting Stafford if Detroit does something stupid and drafts Monroe #1 overall and trades for Cassell.