Is There Anyone In This Draft Worth Trading Up For Unless the Compensation Is Relatively Small? (1 Viewer)

[RJ in Lafayette]

I hate trading up and giving away extra and future draft picks--especially future first-round picks. Note that I am not saying never do it. There are times to do it--for example, I believe that Carolina made the smart move this year in trading up to the first spot. But overall, I prefer a team to trade down and get more draft picks than to trade down.

My prefatory comments lead to the Saints, the king of trading-up, and the first round of the 2023 draft. The Saints have the 29th pick. The cost of trading into the top eight or two picks from 29 will be prohibitively high. And frankly this draft seems historically poor at the top. After Bryce Young, two or three edge rushers, Jalen Carter, perhaps two cornerbacks, and Bijan Robinson, there is no player on this board I would make a major trade in the first round to pick--and by "major", I mean compensation higher than a third-round pick. I can understand moving up in round two or three a handful of slots if the team sees a player a really likes because the price to move up will not be inordinately high-or perhaps even a few slots in round one if the team absolutely loves a player still on the board.

But for those of us who hate trading up (and there are many), we finally may have found an answer to the Saints trading up--a draft with few players with really high grades.

 

[Nonreg]

Not a fan of trading up; there are definitely opportunities to do so

I believe in the theory that the draft is a crapshoot. Nobody knows how hard someone is going to play once receiving millions of dollars. I like the strategy of selecting as many players as possible hoping to hit the jackpot

 

[St4ever]

Carter is the only player I would trade up for but only if he slipped out of the top 10. I am not saying we should as I feel we should stay put and keep the 5th year option.

but you ask if there were any worth trading up for so this is my answer.

 

[Saint Spud]

Many teams seem to feel there are around 20-22 players with first round grades in this draft.

If there’s a player you love with a 1st round grade at a need position (DT/EDGE), then I’m fine with jumping up a few spots, as long as it doesn’t cost too much.

I actually prefer being aggressive to get players you love as opposed to just sitting on your hands and shrugging your shoulders as they all fall off the board.

 

[BelowZero]

Carter is the only player I would trade up for but only if he slipped out of the top 10.

Him and Bijan are the only ones, imo. There's very little possibility of Bijan falling out of the top 10, but if he does, you 100% try to trade up..

 

[AARPSaint]

With all these picks it will be a miracle if the Saints don't trade up. They just can't resist if they see a player they like.

When they were a good team, trading up made some sense. It doesn't now. There are too many problems in terms of productivity and aging.

 

[tim martin]

It’s just how the front office is wired now. There not gonna sit back. I personally like it but the comp scares me a little as Loomis who I still love used to get great value but his last few trades I believe he has given too much. I would move up to 20 for bijan or Quentin as he is the big wr I believe we want. Other than that I wouldn’t

 

[Snakehead]

Many teams seem to feel there are around 20-22 players with first round grades in this draft.

If there’s a player you love with a 1st round grade at a need position (DT/EDGE), then I’m fine with jumping up a few spots, as long as it doesn’t cost too much.

I actually prefer being aggressive to get players you love as opposed to just sitting on your hands and shrugging your shoulders as they all fall off the board.

Agreed. Dudes want to trade back and grab 3 guys who won't make the roster inatead of 1 guy who's a starter.

 

[TruSaint]

I mean there are just too many theoreticals and possibilities to answer this question but if will Anderson fell to like pick 10 I’d trade whatever we had to to get him.

 

[TribuneUK]

I like a team that has enough picks to be able to trade up or down as needed. A little more balance between the two would be nice.

e.g. Pay a third to move up from #29 to #19/#20 (if you must), but also trade down from #40 to c. #50 in order to get a late third / early fourth back in your hand.

Of course, all these ideas currently exist in a vacuum. Every great plan is perfect, until first contact with the enemy AKA 31 other NFL teams.

 

[504gks]

Agreed. Dudes want to trade back and grab 3 guys who won't make the roster inatead of 1 guy who's a starter.

U mean like Adam Trautman and Zac Baun who cost 3 picks each

 

[JvilleJoe]

Please don't have the Saints and Loomis trade any '24 picks to move up in the first round. I don't have a problem if someone drops to the early 20's to use a 3rd or 4th to get a guy we really want but again please don't mortgage our future for one guy!

 

[Snakehead]

U mean like Adam Trautman and Zac Baun who cost 3 picks each

They had a vision for these guys to develop into more and they didn't. What's that saying about missing 100% of the shots you don't take?

I notice you didn't mention trading up to get Olave.

 

[St4ever]

Please don't have the Saints and Loomis trade any '24 picks to move up in the first round. I don't have a problem if someone drops to the early 20's to use a 3rd or 4th to get a guy we really want but again please don't mortgage our future for one guy!

But it’s already a given they’re gonna do it! We just don’t know what day they’ll do it on

 

[tim martin]

U mean like Adam Trautman and Zac Baun who cost 3 picks each

True lol. But I remember this board being very high on Baun