Trading back into the first

NarwhalHunter · 02-07-2008, 11:18 AM

We've got a good shot at landing a starter and instant upgrade just about anywhere at the #10 overall spot. There's a lot of talk about trading down which I'm usually all for, but there's some interesting scenarios that might develop for us to jump back into the late first round.

Let's say we draft McLovin, er, McKelvin at 10. We have our CB spot secured for the immediate future. If someone like Dan Connor or Kentwan Balmer falls far enough, what do you think about trading our 2nd and 4th (or maybe next year's 3rd) round picks for him? I wouldn't touch Balmer with a #10 overall pole but at say, 27 (San Diego with no other picks until the fifth round) or 28 (Dallas with its second first rounder) he'd be kind of tempting.

Or, flip it around, say we do get Rivers at 10, we can then slide back up to grab one of the corners that might fall far enough (Cason or dare I dream it -- Cromartie?). Two immediate starters at two positions of need.

Or, hell, I played linebacker in high school so here's a fun one: Rivers at 10 and Connor at 28. We have our linebacking corps set up for at least the next 5 years with Fujita the veteran captain at sam, Connor the heir apparent at mike, and Rivers running around blowing up plays as the will. I love that scenario.

02-07-2008, 11:18 AM	#1
NarwhalHunter 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hattiesburger with Cheese Posts: 146 Blog Entries: 1	Trading back into the first We've got a good shot at landing a starter and instant upgrade just about anywhere at the #10 overall spot. There's a lot of talk about trading down which I'm usually all for, but there's some interesting scenarios that might develop for us to jump back into the late first round. Let's say we draft McLovin, er, McKelvin at 10. We have our CB spot secured for the immediate future. If someone like Dan Connor or Kentwan Balmer falls far enough, what do you think about trading our 2nd and 4th (or maybe next year's 3rd) round picks for him? I wouldn't touch Balmer with a #10 overall pole but at say, 27 (San Diego with no other picks until the fifth round) or 28 (Dallas with its second first rounder) he'd be kind of tempting. Or, flip it around, say we do get Rivers at 10, we can then slide back up to grab one of the corners that might fall far enough (Cason or dare I dream it -- Cromartie?). Two immediate starters at two positions of need. Or, hell, I played linebacker in high school so here's a fun one: Rivers at 10 and Connor at 28. We have our linebacking corps set up for at least the next 5 years with Fujita the veteran captain at sam, Connor the heir apparent at mike, and Rivers running around blowing up plays as the will. I love that scenario.