You are GM, do you trade up or down in draft?
If someone wants to dance with us for that 29th pick, I'd be good trading back 4-5 places for an extra 3rd rounder.
Pick #29 is worth 640 points. Let's use Arizona as a potential trade partner. Arizona has pick #34 (560 points) and, in the fourth round, pick #104 (85 points). That is a fair trade.
Arizona also has a supplemental 3rd round pick #96 (116 points). Saints would have to send 5th round pick #146 (32 points) to get into the late 3rd round.
Proposed Trade: (Scenario 1)
Saints send pick #29 to Arizona.
Saints get from Arizona, pick #34 and 4th round pick #104.
Saints give up 640 points, get back 645 points.
OR
(Scenario 2)
Saints send pick #29 AND 5th round pick #146 to Arizona.
Saints get pick #34 and 3rd round pick #96.
Saints give up 672 points, get back 676 points.
People think the chart doesn't matter that much, but it does matter. The 5th year option might get you a little bit of premium towards the end of round #1, but probably not enough to get a mid 3rd round pick unless you trade past our current pick in the 2nd round.
You also have to look at what picks teams actually have, I just don't see a trade back to the early 40's and getting back a 3rd round pick as an option, I don't see the potential team in the chart, unless it is the Arizona trades above. Saints could probably get away with throwing our second 5th round pick to Arizona in scenario #2 above. Pick #165 is 24 points instead of pick #146 at 32 points, so Saints get a "premium" of 12 points in this trade instead of 4 points. (664 Saints vs 676 Arizona)
How do y'all know these points? Where ya get em?
This is a great source, has the picks and point values in one easy site to look at.
https://www.drafttek.com/NFL-Trade-Value-Chart.asp