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(12-13-2020, 09:39 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: They just don’t happen very often. I think the last one was Buffalo trading up from 9 to 4 to take Sammy Watkins in 2014.

Nobody traded up for Young. Nobody traded up for either Bosa. Nobody traded up for Barkley. Nobody traded up for Garrett. Nobody traded up for Mack. Etc.

The issue with trades that high is a valuation problem. Teams often overvalue picks and in doing so become stuck in their spot. For instance, the "trade chart" may say I am supposed to get a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd  to move down to 12, but I was only offered a 1st and 2nd. You hear it a lot after drafts, "we took calls but in the end, no one was offering us enough to move back off our guy". I think a team willing to maybe take a slight discount could move back, which I would be willing to do in this draft because I think this year is a year you want numbers.

As an aside, it wasn't quite a top 5pick but the Steelers moved 20 to 10 for Devin Bush a few years back. I still don't think we are incapable of moving #3 for a QB either right now. Let's see what the final draft order looks like but I have heard rumblings there are teams that have Wilson higher than Fields on their board currently.