Does Bridgewater trade effect draft trade prospects

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(04-29-2021, 01:36 AM)Bengal Dude Wrote: The trade definitely means that some of the "top" candidates to trade up will be comfortable to sit at their spots and "let the board come to them" as Hobs would say. It basically leaves teams further down in the first round as the only trade candidates and Duke has mentioned that he doesn't want to drop that far down.

That's the upside of some of this settling now.  Miami already traded down and used Philly as a 3rd team to stop at 6 instead of 12 (SF's pick).  Those teams mentioned above have plenty of time to find a team in the 7-10 range depending on how many top candidates the Bengals have on their board.