An option.. trade picks 33 and 64 for another 1st round

We need more picks not less, imo. I think the only trades we should do are moving back, not forward. But, i would be willing to move up if we get extra picks by sliding back in the 1st.

 

Agreed, if we were able to move back in the 1st to no later than 5 or 6 and get a few more picks we could use those picks to move up and possibly give Marcus a new weapon in the 22-25 range. Possibly Treadwell... regardless of who we take with the first pick he needs more weapons. Oline, DB, WR, ILB, NT we could use some talent in all those areas.

 

Only way I'd be willing to move up is if someone unexpectedly falls to the Broncos at 31 and seems like a lock to the Browns at 32... Jump two spots and wouldn't have to give up too much.

 

We need all the picks we can get..

 

We aren't going to be able to fix our team in one draft. We need to change the momentum and direction of our team, which IMHO means we need more elite players not more quality players overall. I think it would be more beneficial at this point in our rebuild to have 3 or 4 elite players (stay put or trade up) than 5 or 6 average/slightly above average players (trade back and add picks) on our team.

 

Theoretically those picks would get us to pick #20 (Jets). But remember, teams need a reason to move. The Jets would love for Paxton Lynch to be there. They also could use one of several players that should be on the board.

Most drafts have about 15-20 players with actual first round grades. This one has more because a majority of them are DL. So you might think...well then we should jump up to get one. But the opposite is true...at least value wise. Some of those first round graded DL will be there when we pick in the 2nd rnd and we won't have to trade picks. One might even be there at the top of the 3rd!

Teams have an affinity for drafting team needs...especially past the top 5-15 picks! More teams need OL than DL.

 

The problem with that IMO is we have 3 solid needs: OT, CB, and NT. Which do you ignore until the 4th round?

Most people here are agreeing that we're going either CB/OT or OT/CB in the first and second. I don't think it's that simple. Don't be surprised if we go NT at #33. Only way I see us trading up back into the first is if we go CB and trade up for one of the premier NTs. Maybe one of the Bama boys. That would mean that FO is comfortable moving forward with Bell/Poutasi (maybe Vasquez) for 2016.

I don't think CB and NT can be ignored till the 4th, but what do I know.

 

I've seen several mock drafts with Alexander falling to the 2nd round. But I'd love to land Ramsey & Conklin, or the OSU OT whose name escapes me. That would be the only scenario I'd give up those picks for. You solidify your secondary for years and get your franchise RT in one year. Not bad.

 

I could def see us taking a player that fell in the 2nd and 3rd, outside of our "needs". You never know what the fo is really thinking we "need". Its obvious to the fans we need a nt, cb and an ot. But, the fo may just want to go bpa in every round (that's what I'd do). We signed help on the oline and in the secondary, so they are not as big of needs. Imo, we need playmakers regardless of position, outside of qb, rb and wr.