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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I'd rather trade picks for Brown than trade picks in the draft. Brown isn't my first choice but he's definitely not my last either.
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This is where I'm at as well.....If hypothetically we were to take a tackle at pick 31, and we hypothetically ended up with an Orlando Brown exact clone, we'd all probably be very happy with the result of that pick.
Unfortunately (back to reality), the risk prevents us from every really knowing whether an unproven rookie will ever pan out, and the odds would be that we would most likely
not end up with an Orlando Brown.
I'd also say that moving up does nothing to mitigate that risk either, and spending multiple picks on said move up to me is generally pretty silly (outside of picking a Patrick Mahomes, which I don't gather any T in this draft is the next Patrick Mahomes....see my caveat below)
So, if we'd likely be happy with an "Orlando Brown" at 31....why not get the actual Orlando Brown with 31? Sure, it'd cost us some money, but I'd guess they would restructure, lock him up for several years, and probably increases the probability of getting to and winning more Super Bowls for next 3-5 years or more. And if they could get him for multiple non-first rounder picks, even better (although I don't profess that is the case). Heck, even if they gave a first and an additional low rounder, I'd probably be OK with that as well - not with-standing the values of those picks.
NOTE: I'm neither a draft guy nor a salary cap guy, so those things don't really go into my equation. Just keep PMII upright please....