04-01-2024, 02:00 AM
(03-26-2024, 01:02 PM)Whatever Wrote: Trade downs always sound great in the sims, where too good to be true type deals are common and you have standby trade proposals you know the sim will take if a certain player doesn't fall to a certain pick.
However, for practical purposes, if there's nobody you like at a pick, what makes you think another team is going to give up a bunch to move into said spot? Need comes into play, obviously, but unless a team is desperate for a QB or completely in love with a certain prospect, it rarely happens.
As always, it depends on who's on the board and what the offer is.
As an aside, folks really need to stop hinging the success of failure of this draft on the Bengals getting or not getting Sweat. In all likelihood, they won't draft him, and those people are just setting themselves up for hysterics when it doesn't happen.
Yes, I've been saying the same thing about Sweat since I'm guessing 1/3 to 1/2 of the mocks have had him in the 2nd..based on most simulator spins having him there.
I hate planning around a player being there, even if it's an ideal fit. I'm not against trading down, even in a draft where we have 10 picks, but we have to be prepared for "our guy" not being there in all rounds. If clear cut BPA is a versatile OT that's probably a layup. If the OP's scenario happens and they get fair value, I do like the depth of the class at need spots, but DT is so sparse that we may be reaching in every round in all of them. I really advise spending a mid-late pick for a passable NT so we don't reach/overspend for a guy that may not contribute when we are trying to win a ring.
