Maelstrom787
Well-known member
Trading down is always a conditional proposition. It only happens if the board falls in a suboptimal way.Actually people here have an irrational bias of wanting to trade down. It seems half the post are always about people wanting to trade down. It’s dumb. To sign 3 1st rounders and 2 second rounders, we would have to cut someone.
Also, I'm not sure if you can really say people are biased towards trade down considering just how often the unconditional refusal to consider a trade down pops up in threads like this because of previous selections.
A trade down should be explored if they don't have a top-5 blue chip grade on the prospects available at 5. That's plain jane simple resource management. Don't blow premium resources on players lacking commensurate value.
Also, depending on the trade back, they probably wouldn't have to cut anyone and may just end up saving money. Pick 5 is expensive.