NFL Draft Get ready. I think we’re trading up. 💯 (71 Viewers)

[Jesse Custer]

God I hope not. Trading up for a guard would be crippling for this franchise.

Especially with this draft being so deep at guard that a good starter could be picked up in round 3 without breaking a sweat.

 

[Randy Jones]

Areas that still need to be addressed
1) OL - depth particularly
2) WR
3) LB
4) TE
5) CB

 

[kennydfresh]

God I hope not. Trading up for a guard would be crippling for this franchise.

Well when you think about it, it was the OL that cost us the Eagles game and was a major contributor to our losing streak.

 

[soggymoss84]

Loomis said in his combine presser we will likely use all 9 picks on players, the way they’re talking they know we need a youth infusion

 

[TribuneUK]

All this talk about never trading back of course ignores that we had a deal in place to trade down with the Rams last year, if the Raiders took Fuaga as they expected.

Also, giving up day 2 picks, in a draft loaded with quality prospects in the top 100 at almost every position the team can still do well to strengthen, is a poor proposition.

Furthermore, the three year deals we've been giving out to re-sign and sign free agents lines up well with having draftees on the roster ready to take over before the end of their cheap rookie deals.

So actually the signs all seem to contradict the OP notion of a trade up. But every plan is perfect until first contact with the enemy, let's see what madness unfolds come the day.

 

[Epic Brownie]

Man I hope not. Let's get as many rooks as possible and increase odds

 

[saint_drago]

I could see a trade up late day 2 or early day 3. I think they have a ton of room for all our picks though. Look at the 2026 roster. They will need a ton of bodies very soon.

Yeah this seems more likely. Or at least that would make more sense to me. The OP said that we don't have the roster spots for a lot of rookies. If you look at our depth chart I see plenty of room for rookies. We aren't so loaded that we have no room for young talent. That was always the line from SP and Loomis back in the day when they traded up willy nilly. I don't know if that was true then but it's certainly not true now.

I want to see them hold their water at #9 and let the draft come to them. If they want to make a move to go up to the top of the 2nd or 3rd then I can live with that. The top of the 2nd usually has a few guys who were thought to be 1st round talents. We're in a good spot with all these picks.

 

[BBarnes]

Loomis has 4 picks in the third and fourth rounds. Plus an extra 7th.

But, what convinces me the most that we will trade is how many vets we signed at positions of need.

We rarely have top ten picks. Look at our draft history. So we aren’t trading down. We have a Louisiana connection thing going on. We could trade up for Will Campbell. The Raiders at 6 who want an excuse to draft Jeanty over other players are a prime candidate to trade down.

We don’t have the roster spots for 8 rookies. We will trade up. Even if we stay put at 9, we will trade up from
40.

I think if we trade in the first round it won’t be up in regards to the 9th pick, but we may pick at 9 and trade back into the first round.

The only surprise would be if we were responsible and traded back.

 

[saintsmarchin]

I think its setup that way for just in case we decide to trade up. We are leaving options open.

 

[No2DC]

Now this couldn't turn out bad, right?

 

[Madmarsha]

The last thing I want is for Loomis to trade up so we are 100% going to trade up.

Quick, use the power of reversible psychopathy!

 

[Patman255]

I do think we will trade up with some of the draft capital that we have.

But in later rounds than round 1.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

Well when you think about it, it was the OL that cost us the Eagles game and was a major contributor to our losing streak.

I'm pro OL in the draft. Just don't trade up for a guard.

 

[AARPSaint]

For the eleventy billionth time, keep the 9th pick or trade down. No more targeting players and trading up! So far, free agency has yielded good results. Use the draft for BPA.

 

[Domeination]

Squandering draft picks is a Loomis weakness, so I wouldn’t rule out trading up, but I’d rather see us take more picks b/c we have so many needs and it increases our chances of hitting on some good players.