Why couldn’t we trade down??

[slumdogmillionaire]

Take half of what bears gave up.....like dang why couldn’t we go down and take a 2nd or 3rd and move down and pick same player or Parsons or someone. 

[Lemon]

Fake reason, you need two to tango.

Real reason, the front office is scared. They did their homework on one or two prospects where they were 100% comfortable with taking them. One of them was gone, and Horn was sitting there. It's why the pick took so long. There were people in the room very much advocating for two other players, but because both the coach and GM feel the need to play it safe they opted with the guy they were sure on.

Not really a great scene.

[Agent Blue]

Horn nor Surtain would have lasted if we traded down.

The staff must feel good about LT prospects in the 2nd.

After initial WTF, I am feeling better about the pick.

I think we will pick 3 OL the rest of the way.

I would like Radunz, BYU LT, Little in the 2nd.

Then a LG in the 3rd.

[Reebis21]

Trade down to who if Horn was our guy? Good chance he woulda been gone at 10 

[saX man]

I imagine we talked with the Bears.  And I wonder what we drew a line at.  I think we wanted top-16, Bears were too far back and wouldn't assure us a CB or OT. 

 

[Ivan The Awesome]

Takes two to tango bud. If no one was desperate enough, they weren't gonna get a trade partner. It was blatant they were trying to use Fields as bait. Horrible bluff. 

[TheCasillas]

trading back is only works if you land in a spot where you think someone you want will be.

[Agent Blue]

Looking at how the board has fallen, it's clear they didn't see any trade back option that still netted them a guy they wanted in the first.

Take the best defensive player in the draft in that situation.

I am usually against CBs in the 1st but we already have good young DE, DT and LB/S.

[Peon Awesome]

Can't see us being comfortable trading back to 20 when we only have 1st round grades on 15 players. Also, getting future 1sts is great and all but if you're foregoing an elite prospect for a 2nd tier one by dropping that far, kind of dampers your prospects this year which may not be optimal when you traded away your 2nd round pick in 2022. Would hate for that to be a high 2nd rounder. Gotta put yourself in a position to be semi-competitive this year.

[Jared Patterson]

Surtain went right after, cowboys wanted a cb and broncos and cowboys had Horn #1. Great pick. Load up on Oline. 

[Mr. Scot]

Fitterer liked Horn better than the offers he was getting.

It's not really that tricky.

[TheCasillas]

1 hour ago, Trainwreck said:

I think the Jags took more time than we did. The whole world knew who they were taking. 

My friend told me that NFL asks the first 5 teams to use the full clock for ad purposes.

[bigdog10]

We had better been trying to trade up with Miami. I would have flipped them my third to get Sewell. It just makes no sense not to make that deal. 
 

Miami could have still gotten waddle at 8 while picking up our third and we get our franchise LT

[Mol3m4n]

Why do people have such a hard on for trading down?