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Kiper's latest mock has us trading 33


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9 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

I have a feeling there is going to be a really good payer there at #33 that we will not pass up on 

This exactly. No sense in moving down for some 2025 draft pic when we need help in that spot at that pick right now. We will live to regret that move if we trade down I have a bad feeling.

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Why all this “has to be picks this year” sentiment? Giants will surely be picking high again next year, so that second will still be high. Assuming around the same as the 39 they gave us this year. We still get a pick in the second this year from them (47). It’s not like we’d have to wait long for our next pick (39).

We’re not in win now mode, two seconds will help more than one second, even if it is six picks earlier than our first second this year would be after the trade. I’d rather have their second next year than their third this year, it’s a better pick and will assumably turn into a better player. That’s what we need long term, not more bodies this year.

We may also need that second rd pick next year to trade up high enough for our new QB next year if we’re still bad but not quite as bad as this year. If we’re picking at 7 or 8 next year, we’d probably need to trade up for a QB. That’s far more important than whatever we could get in the third this year. 

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35 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Why all this “has to be picks this year” sentiment? Giants will surely be picking high again next year, so that second will still be high. Assuming around the same as the 39 they gave us this year. We still get a pick in the second this year from them (47). It’s not like we’d have to wait long for our next pick (39).

We’re not in win now mode, two seconds will help more than one second, even if it is six picks earlier than our first second this year would be after the trade. I’d rather have their second next year than their third this year, it’s a better pick and will assumably turn into a better player. That’s what we need long term, not more bodies this year.

We may also need that second rd pick next year to trade up high enough for our new QB next year if we’re still bad but not quite as bad as this year. If we’re picking at 7 or 8 next year, we’d probably need to trade up for a QB. That’s far more important than whatever we could get in the third this year. 

No more trading up for a qb. fug that noise. That's what got us in this mess to begin with. 

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Just now, NorthTryon said:

And with all the misses and way off the map predictions every year, he is met with the accountability of a booger eating 2nd grader. 

I cannot understand why anyone listens to that goober. He hasn't ever got a single pick right. He's a bum.

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1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

No more trading up for a qb. fug that noise. That's what got us in this mess to begin with. 

Sometimes you have to. You just gotta pick the right one. The trade up to 1 wasn’t the problem imo. If we had taken Stroud we’d be sitting pretty. 

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20 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Sometimes you have to. You just gotta pick the right one. The trade up to 1 wasn’t the problem imo. If we had taken Stroud we’d be sitting pretty. 

It was still a bad trade. We gave up our entire offense prior to doing so. You don't do that if you're going all in for a qb. It was and still is a dumb idea.

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