11-14-2017, 11:27 AM
(11-14-2017, 10:29 AM)ochocincos Wrote: If we are to believe Marvin's comments from the John Ross article I posted last week, there wasn't anyone interested in trading up to 9 last year.
The same could happen in 2018. You cannot guarantee a trade partner.
If you can't find a willing trade partner (or you sit back and wait for someone to call you to trade like the Bengals probably did), you take who you consider your top player at that slot regardless if some people consider it a "reach" or not.
But he left out it's because Mike Brown is notoriously difficult to work with on trades...