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05-23-2013, 09:36 AM | #2 |
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My general thought is that the future pick is devalued by a round with the idea that any future pick would be valued as close to the middle of a given round as possible.....
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05-23-2013, 01:57 PM | #3 |
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I've heard that rule about dropping a round in value for a future pick. Here's why I don't think it is quite right.
1. Suppose I trade my 2nd round pick this year for a 1st round pick next year. 2. In year 2 I have two first round picks and a second round pick. So let's say I use both my first round picks and again trade my 2nd round pick for a first round pick next year. 3. I repeat the year 2 process every year thereafter. Essentially, I've gained the permenant right to upgrade my 2nd round pick to a first round pick, and it only cost me the 2nd round pick in year 1. Every NFL team would jump on that deal. I think the same would be true for any other two rounds that you choose. Heck you could build up your 7th round pick into a permenant first round pick for the one time cost of picks in rounds 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. |
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05-23-2013, 02:04 PM | #4 |
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I too have always thought that the rule of thumb of one round per year is a bit generous. I would gladly trade my second-round pick this year for a first next year, and if I was a GM in the NFL I would do it every year. I suspect the reason it doesn't happen is that new GMs want to get off on the best foot possible, and established GMs don't want to defer progress by a year.
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05-23-2013, 05:20 PM | #5 |
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I think they should be straight up, say you get a first for a 2nd round pick no matter what that 1st pick will be a higher pick then the 2nd rounder was.
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