Steelers’ G.M. says everyone wants to trade down in this draft

[visionary]

if jerry decides to move up in the draft he will just cement his legacy of stupidity

this is a deep draft where in the third round you can pick up starters for a team that is woefully devoid of talent and in need of lunch pail guys who come to play every sunday

trading up in this draft for a shiny toy is an idiotic move, stay at 16 and a legitimate player can be had that wil help this team for a long time. many of you , clamoring for the cowboys to trade up for a pet cat (like barr or donald) may be surprised to find him sitting there at 16, if they are gone, i assure you, there will be some very good players there who can help us

i would venture to suggest that this will be true even in the 21-24 range

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

You Trade up to 11th Overall for the top rated OT Lewan if he falls (3 misdemeanor assaults) ... for one thing so the Giants don't land him @12.

 

[Death Star]

You Trade up to 11th Overall for the top rated OT Lewan if he falls (3 misdemeanor assaults) ... for one thing so the Giants don't land him @12.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

If everyone wants to trade down then it's an up-trader's market. I want to give up one of our three #7s to move up enough to ensure we get either Barr or Donald.

I'm still not convinced that this Steelers GM isn't just blowing smoke, but if it actually is such an up-trader's market, that's what I want to do.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I want to give up one of our three #7s to move up enough to ensure we get either Barr or Donald.

7th round draft picks have little to no value. Having 3 means we have 3 draft picks with little to no value. Bundling them in an attempt to trade up the 16 pick would only be insulting to a GM and a big waste fo time.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

7th round draft picks have little to no value. Having 3 means we have 3 draft picks with little to no value. Bundling them in an attempt to trade up the 16 pick would only be insulting to a GM and a big waste fo time.

That's all I would be willing to give up. We need our other picks.

 

[DFWJC]

Sounds like a GM hoping to move up.

I do think with the depth of the draft, many will be looking to trade down oif the value is right.

That does not apply to players like Clowney or Robinson--players that are universally considered elite talents.
I've always had issue with the QBs in this class, though I still suspect 3-4 will go fairly early.

 

[DFWJC]

7th round draft picks have little to no value. Having 3 means we have 3 draft picks with little to no value. Bundling them in an attempt to trade up the 16 pick would only be insulting to a GM and a big waste fo time.

True.
Even with the flawed trade charts, the value range is just a few points. It'd take 4-6 of them just to move up just from pick 16 to 15. lol

The value is that you can grab a player that may or may not get drafted, and not worry about competing with 31 other teams in the UDFA market.
Other than that, not too much value really.

 

[Eddie]

I am sure Jerry will find a way to trade up and grab someone that was going to be there at our pick anyway.

Or he'll give up too much to move up, and accept too little in a move down.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Don’t expect the Steelers to trade up from the 15th overall pick in the NFL draft.

Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said today at the league meeting that with the available talent in this draft, trading down makes a lot more sense than trading up. Unfortunately for Colbert, he thinks the rest of the league feels the same way, which means that teams looking to pick up extra picks by trading down won’t find many takers.

“It makes more sense in this draft than trading up,” Colbert said of trading down, via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I’m sure everyone shares the same thought.”

All it takes is one team to fall in love with a player, however, for the possibility of trading up to materialize.

Read more: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...s-everyone-wants-to-trade-down-in-this-draft/

I am not surprised. outside of clowney who has his own question marks and is a risk (motivation), there is no consensus number one pick. the value is between 5-20. If it wasn't frowned upon, you take one of the OTs or Sammy Watkins and you would get a sure bet like Jimmy Johnson did by picking Maryland. take a sure thing because there is too much risk in everything else. I have a feeling all three QBs will drop to the teens and 20's because of lesson learned from a couple of years back with three QBs going in the top 10 and not working out.

 

[Hardline]

So the Steelers GM just basically said what we all believed for months. Rocket Science I tell you.