NorthDallas40oz":1zyowp9h said:
Based on the trade value chart (which, granted, isn't the letter of the law) it wasn't nearly as good of a trade as it could/should have been for the Hawks. The Hawks should have also gotten the Vikes' 6th round pick to make the points match up. If the Vikes simply refused to part with any more picks (likely the case since they're not over-loaded with picks a la SF or JAX), the Hawks should have at least gotten them to trade places with us in the 5th round (their early 5 for our late 5) for added value. It was a good trade, not a great one.
Good point, and I agree, based on point value, this wasn't a great trade, simply an OK trade.
But the name of the game isn't to collect draft points. The name of the game is to figure out if you are going to be able to pick the same player at #40 that you would have taken at #32, something we will never know with any degree of certainty, or if there are multiple players that would have been acceptable at #32 that we can get at #40, which is probably the case. One of those picks, Minnesota's at 32, is obviously a player we would not have taken, and I suspect that either Houston or Oakland, two QB hungry teams, will scoop up Derek Carr, QB out of Fresno State, with their 2nd round pick, as he's the best QB left on the board. That explains Minnesota's side of the trade. They wanted to get in ahead of Houston and Oakland so they could get their man.
We don't have a 3rd rounder, and this high 4th round slot is almost as good as where we would have been picking had not the Harvin trade been factored in. We have a need at positions that are supposed to be plentiful in this draft, so trading down is a good option. I like it.
Here's the players I think we might take at #40:
WR Cody Latimer, Indiana, or Marquis Lee, WR USC. Lee probably doesn't make it to 40.
OL Joel Bitonio, Nevada, or OG Xavier Su'u Filo, OG UCLA. Xman probably doesn't get to 40.
At #64, I'm guessing DT Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame. 64 might be a little high to take this guy, but we need a replacement for Red Bryant, and I think this guy works for us. PC and JS have shown that they don't much care about which round a player is supposed to go in. If they want him, they'll pull the trigger.