Trade the 8th pick?

Everyone is always a fan of trading down. Guessing hypothetical draft day trades is even more ridiculous than mock drafts.
Why would NE want to move up to eight?
I think the Titans are in a great position to pick up someone who could contribute immediately.
Trading down and hoping to get a QB is risky. I think there will be a first round run on quarterbacks. I could see Newton and Gabbert coming off the board in the top 5 and that could force Tennessee to reach on the next QB at eight.

 

We draft at 8 we probably get a impact player, we draft at 16 or w/e we get a goodish player. I'd rather stay at 8, we have enough goodish starters, we need some superstar power, especially on defense.

 

They moved up to 10 for Jerod Mayo. If they see someone like that in this draft class they may do it.

That said, to move up to our spot would, on the draft chart, require both their firsts and some change, and I don't know if they'll do that in a class chock-full of Bellichek's favorite position to draft early, D-line.

The two players I can see teams trading up for with us are Prince Amukamara and Julio Jones, getting in ahead of Dallas and Washington respectively. And frankly if Amukamara's there we're better off just taking him.

 

No they didnt.

New England got the 8th overall pick because the 49ers stupidly traded them a 1st and 4th round pick in order to draft a rookie offensive lineman the year before

They then traded with New Orleans to move down to 10 before taking Mayo



(it's actually believed that part of the trade down was that they wanted him but they felt his value/worth wasn't high enough to warrant 8th overall (and the contract that would come with it))

 

Ack, my bad. Thanks for correcting.

 

I would mind trading the #8 pick, depending who's on the board. We need a true impact player on defense. But say if AJ Green or Patrick Peterson falls to #8, teams will be throwing trade offers at us like crazy.

If we could pickup a 1st an a extra 2nd, I'd have to consider it. Say the Rams trade up for AJ or Lion trade up for PP, and give us there 1st and 2nd. We could get a decent player like JJ Watt (maybe), Cameron Jordan, DaQuan Bowers (if he falls due to his knee), or someone like that. Plus we'd then have an extra 2nd. It's quite a dream, but always possible.

 

It always sounds like a great idea to trade down, but there are rarely teams that want to trade up into the top 10 because it is just so, so costly to do so. Every single year, the Patriots have a ton of draft picks and someone says that they want to trade up. They never do.

I think trading down is very unlikely for the Titans.

 

I'm all for it, but how far are we talking? If we can move back a few spots, and still get a JJ Watt kind of guy, then yes, let's make it happen. We could then use w.e. we received for moving back along with our pick at 39 to move back into the 1st to get one of these QB's.

 

Trading down may be our best bet to help our team become competitive right away. I like your scenario gran but I think to assure yourself of getting one of those QB's you'd need to trade both 2nds to move back up into the first and get the QB you like. Getting a good defensive player then getting the QB you like, both in the first would be an A+ draft.