We promised Mingo? [RUMOR]

BigRonJon said
Those years you mentioned we drafted much higher than 15 (not sure about Jenkins and im too lazy to look it up haha) so when drafted that high, especially in the top 5, of course we are predictable based on need. When picking at 15 its really about best player available at a position of need. Our staff isnt dumb, we dont make promises to potential draft picks, we dont have much ammunition to trade up, we dont know who will be there at 15, we have more than a couple holes to fill so the best player available approach is most likely given Loomis and Payton's track record.

All of which makes the OP's story he heard from the source's source's source that much more unlikely. (no offense to the original poster)

Jenkins was the #14 pick. And while you can suggest what you might do with the #2 pick, it really gets murky once you get beyond that since other teams would then have the opportunity to move ahead of you to get a guy you both may covet. Also...never mind.

Saintshizzle said
If anything, we will try to get more picks. This may have happened, though I am in doubt. Why would they want to go into another draft with picks every other round? Smart money says if we trade, it will be down so we can get a good player in round2.

This is a fan's philosophy, not ours. Go back and check our draft history under Loomis and Payton. We have traded down twice, three times that I can remember off hand. We traded with the Lions, took Usama Young in the third and gained a pick the following year. We traded down with the Eagles who took Max Jean-Gilles and we got future Hall-of-Famer, Jahri Evans. We also traded down in that draft, and got Roman Harper when people were crying for Winston Justice. In both cases, we were able to add Jeff Faine and Hollis Thomas. Other than that, we have traded up and THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF DRAFT CHOICES OVER THE YEARS. In the past four drafts, the most we had was 6 in 2011. We had as low as 4 in 2009.

Listen, I am not saying that the team will move up and get Mingo. But I also would not be shocked if they did trade up for him OR SOMEONE ELSE since this team is not as hung up on draft choices as we are. Most of our roster is set, to be honest. Having 11 draft choices like Atlanta or 17 like San Fran would not benefit us as much, short of using them to trade up or stock top picks for the following year, because we do not have 11 spots that will be open. For all the challenges we have in transitioning to a 3-4, we have a solid core of players that are definitely going to be on the team. You could reasonably predict up to "at least" 45 players on next season's roster without having the benefit of preseason.

Archie_4_HOF said
History does not back up your opinion. I would prefer to trade down as well, however we have a track record of trading up. Traded up for Sed Ellis and Mark Ingram. I can't recall Loomis and Payton ever trading down in round one.

This.