Last year, we broke down the value of the No. 1 overall draft pick in trade discussions and listed what it would cost each potentially interested team to move up with the Bears and get to the No. 1 pick. The last team on our list was the Panthers, and while the trade parameters we listed weren’t followed exactly, by valuing D.J. Moore in a similar way to what other No. 1 receivers like A.J. Brown and Marquise Brown went for in recent draft-day trades, we were pretty spot on.
The early returns on the trade for the Panthers haven’t been great — they ended up giving up the first-overall pick this year after struggling to do anything on offense without Moore — but that’s not going to stop teams from exploring a trade up again this year with a class that could feature four quarterbacks selected in the top 10. Unlike last year, the Bears probably aren’t selling the No. 1 pick, and it also seems unlikely the Commanders would move down from No. 2.
That means the trade fireworks could start at No. 3, where the Patriots are also in need of a franchise quarterback but may be willing to move down if their preferred second option (assuming Caleb Williams is first on everyone’s boards and the pick at No. 1) is taken by Washington. Teams that would make sense in move up to draft a quarterback include the Giants, Vikings, Broncos and Raiders. If the Patriots do stand pat and take a QB, the last three teams on that list could be in play to trade ahead of the Giants for the last of the top-four QBs.
In this space, we’re going to examine what it would take for the Giants to trade up to No. 3, 4 or 5 using my draft pick value chart. I developed the chart years ago when I was the NFL Draft editor at CBS Sports and have maintained it ever since so that our team could continue to use it to put together realistic trades based on how teams have valued draft picks in recent years. The way the chart works is that a…
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Author : R.J. White
Publish date : 2024-03-18 18:11:32
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