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Originally Posted by FRPLG
Oh so you just take out like a personal ad in the NFL weekly and wait for all the offers to come in huh? I am sure it is that simple.
Ever noticed how move up trades only happen on the day of the draft? That's because no one trades their picks until they have already gone through free agency since free agency changes the entire landscape including what holes you have and what holes other teams have thereby determining what chance you will have to fill your holes in the draft. Again it is way too simplistic and in this case naive to think we can just make a trade like it is no big deal.
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I didn't say it was no big deal and I surely didn't suggest taking out any ads. Yes FA comes first. And yes these deals happen very late but they are not that uncommon. Remember when we fleeced Mike Ditka for his whole draft and we still got Champ? Also, I don't ever remeber a draft where Beathard didn't make some trade. Those deals were essential to his approach.
I think it is far more naive, based on this team's recent history to think that we will fill holes through FA or that our scout's are not perfectly capable of drafting a bust with the 6th overall. At least with more picks, their chances of (accidentally and in spite of themselves) choosing a decent player improve somewhat.