Trade up to 4th Overall and take Claiborne?

[Jackofalltrades]

What would be the cost?

I don't feel like consulting the draft value chart.

[Matthias]

If RGIII gets drafted before Claiborne, then I would consider trading up. However, if RGIII is still on the board, the trading team will demand a lot from the team trying to move up.

[TruthVsComfort]

I am really hoping Tampa takes Richardson like rotoworld projects. That would be huge for Claiborne making it to us at 8/9.

[rayzor]

with tampa's new coach being a run first kind of guy and blount being a lazy bum who was really only good for 2 downs anyways...yeah, richardson is pretty much a given for them.

the only thing i see in the way is he's a rbbc kind of guy so he might wait a while and take two RBs later or pick up an RB in FA and another in the draft.

despite that, i'm going to feel safe in saying that the bucs will be going with an RB in the first. i just don't see them being smart enough to replace their retiring CB or their other jail-bound CB.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Minnesota is the biggest threat on the board to take Claiborne.

[ctrcat]

I was pleasantly surprised to find that most Bucs fans on their message board also prefer Richardson to Claiborne. I really hope their FO feels the same. Here is one thread among others. http://www.bbs.tbaybucs.com/index.php?/topic/13279-2012-mock-offseason/page__p__288884__hl__%2Brichardson+%2Bclaiborne__fromsearch__1#entry288884

Won't really know until after free agency but I really think there's a good chance Claiborne will be there at 8 and have thought so for awhile. I would be happy with a defensive lineman but like most here I would be ECSTATIC with Claiborne.

[ctrcat]

Minnesota is the biggest threat on the board to take Claiborne.

On the latest ESPN mock they have Minnesota taking Reiff. They need help everywhere and as good as Claiborne is, traditional thinking prohibits taking a corner in the top 3.

[Cat'sGrowl]

On the latest ESPN mock they have Minnesota taking Reiff. They need help everywhere and as good as Claiborne is, traditional thinking prohibits taking a corner in the top 3.

Valid. But Minnesota's pass D was abysmal last year, Im not sure about Reiff's value being quite that high, and oh yeah, Leslie Frazier is a former CB and DB coach.

So I'm not quite sure how i feel about that at this point.

[JawnyBlaze]

That mock looks ridiculous to me. Reiff at #3?? Tannehill at #6? (plausible I guess, but not likely). Wright before Blackmon?!

[ctrcat]

Mayock has Reiff over Kalil, fwiw.

I personally think that Cleveland trading to #2 or #3, taking RG3, and then St. Louis/Minnesota taking Kalil/Blackmon in either order are more likely scenarios. JMO.

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