Take it up with the GMs
Just telling you how they are traded in the real world.
Thats how it is.
That not my valuation.
You act like I am personally doing it.
Just look it up.
That trade chart is almost always within 5-10% on all trades except at the very very top of the draft.
It gets grayer when future picks are used.
But when you plug in the values I mentioned (2021 mid late 2nd value applied to 2022 mid 1st) it balances out almost every time.
For the last decade at least
I did not say I thought they should be valued that way, but they absolutely are
Just adding to your response to Risen, wish I knew how to include that my apologies.
Very close friend of many years and deep in the business, tells me all the time over the years that he hated 1st round picks.
And I respond why would you hate 1st round picks, arent they supposed to be the easy picks, and he would and will today adamantly disagree.
I will try and interpret to the best of my recollection from these conversations over the past 30 years,, so its not an exact quote, just saying..
So here goes.. " First rounders suck, I have to follow all the company standards, the FO standards, its all the measurables, its how big and fast, the forty time, how strong, how many bench reps,,,etc...
If I draft this guy with the first rounder and he has all these measurables and he is a bust than I keep my job..... but if I pass on this 1st round pick and go with my own choice and he busts than I lose my job."