Anybody smell a trade down coming ?

SUG · Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 6610 Location: Alameda, Ca

Has anybody boiled their wishlist down to 2 players they would be willing to trade down from if they arent available @ # 12 ?

Just asking since there are only about 4 or 5 guys that I'd feel GREAT about @ #1

At what point do you pull the rip cord...?

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Warpticon · Joined: 21 May 2010 Posts: 1507

Seems highly unlikely unless somebody coveted slips pretty far. This is not a year where the top guys really stand out from the rest.

Maddogg · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:16 pm Post subject:

I don't think there are going to be many trades in the early rounds. This draft is loaded with players rated closely together. I don't see any off the charts must haves this year. Any team that does take a significant jump up, is at the time of the draft in desperation mode.
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TheKillerNacho · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 8788 Location: Pennsylvania

As always, I would welcome a trade down as I believe its almost always beneficial in the 1st round. The thing is finding a trade partner who wants to trade up. This isn't the strongest draft class, so I doubt it unless a top prospect miraculously falls to us... even then, its iffy.

So yeah, while I would welcome it with open arms, I doubt it personally.
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IbleedMiamiAqua · Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 25 Location: elmira new york

And if a top prospect somehow falls to us I want him...Geno Smith might be the only consistant top 12 prospect that I wouldn't welcome with open arms to the dolphins.
-trading down to fill more holes is for teams that can find a player in the second round..we finally find a "good" not great player in the 2nd and he wants to get paid at an elite level before he's even proven anything.
-I would love to have JPP or earl Thomas instead of odrick and misi
-I will deff not endorse a trade down this year. I entertained it earlier but the class isn't strong enough. I don't want fill a few holes with good players, give me a great player In 1 hole.

Emerica · Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Posts: 1325

I dunno, what does it smell?

Joking aside, I don't see it. I think we stay put and I like it like that.
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RealMetalFan · Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 1657

The depth in the draft could also play into our favor when wanting to trade down.

We could move down 10 spots or so, sweeten the deal by accepting slightly less than the value difference between the 2 picks, and if we picked up a 3rd for the trade down, we could still possibly pick up a starting caliber player with that new 3rd. We wouldn't have to demand a 3rd and 4th to trade down.
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cddolphin · Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 5566 Location: Gainesville, FL

If there's a top CB, DE, 3tech DT or OT there at #12 we should draft them.
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dolphan9954 · Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 7032 Location: Miami

I would say no. There isn't a player in the draft (UNLESS a team falls in love with Millner, which he is a top 7 lock) worth trading up for. There has to be a team willing to trade up, and quite frankly it's not a buyers market.
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JCool333 · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 12757

We have five picks in the first three rounds. I'd be down to trade down, but only if the offer is a great one, and in this draft, that seems doubtful. I really like the idea of trading down for picks next year, though.

DeesNutts · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 8450 Location: The YO

I would love to some how get another first round pick next year. Just for the off chance that we could have a package to move up and get Clowney. A boy can dream.

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Blagasse67 · Joined: 04 Feb 2009 Posts: 11318 Location: Delaware

Really this isn't a draft of great players. This is a draft full of good and developmental players. There are a few like Patton and Hunter that can be steals and be very good to elite but there really isn't anybody that just makes you say, I need this guy at 12!
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dolphinologist · Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 5531 Location: New York

I don't know why we are knocking the players in this draft. It seems like we are giving them all C+ to B- ... Granted, there isn't the QB class we all like and that may affect the production of the WRs and TEs, but the GMs are all expressing different views. I tend to agree with them

For a team that has offensive line issues like us. This offseason is packed with options. Now, I can picture Tannehill being able to make that 5 to 7 step drop and step up in the pocket in piece. I see WRs that can make that worth his while. I see DBs that can prevent that from happening to us. I see options.

I don't know if I smell a trade down, but I sure as hell can picture it. In fact I would do it myself. But here's the thing about having all these options. It takes away the element of desperation a team would need to trade up. That just means tougher negotiations, not impossible negotiations.
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