<\/p>\nWhat if we can’t trade back?<\/p>\n
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While browsing a ton of articles around the draft with various teams potential plans, I’m seeing a lot of thoughts towards many of those teams trading back. I’m guessing it’s a reflection of the general feeling of ‘meh’ about the talent available this year. So, in a ‘win today’ year, what do we do if we’re forced to pick at 13?<\/p>\n
I realize that’s an easy answer for those that believe in the best player available approach but that’s something I’ve never believed in. I’m thinking it’s the way McSnead works as well, so it’s down to drafting for need. <\/p>\n
Going into the draft I happen to think, along with most, that our greatest need is at WR but with such a wide selection of similarly skilled players, what do you do if the guy you like is probably going to be available much later than 13 but will be gone well before our second pick? For example, you like Brazzell as the best fit for the team right now but Player A is available and is more highly touted by the talking heads. Do you trust your gut and take the one you think is the best fit and get accused of ‘reaching’?<\/p>\n
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The opportunity to trade down can only arise if there\u2019s another team that wants to trade up.<\/p>\n
Are they trading up for Ty Simpson? Probably not. Even if Simpson goes in the top-15, as very few people expect him to, why would the Rams be guaranteed that opportunity instead of teams picking 10th, 11th, or 12th?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not like trading down is Les Snead\u2019s own original idea. In a weak class like this one, trading down is a goal for most general managers.<\/p>\n
If a highly-rated prospect has fallen to pick 13, like Jeremiyah Love or Rueben Bain or Carnell Tate, then I have two questions for you:<\/p>\n
A) Why did they fall? There\u2019s always a red flag behind the curtain when that happens.<\/p>\n
B) If there\u2019s no red flag, why aren\u2019t the Rams running to the podium to draft that player?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a contradiction of ideas. We\u2019re saying that there\u2019s a player who a team is desperate to have because he\u2019s a steal at pick 13, while also arguing that the Rams don\u2019t want that player. That usually only happens when that player is a quarterback and the team already has a quarterback. Well, the Rams would love a quarterback to sit behind Matthew Stafford. If Ty Simpson is worth trading up for at 13, then maybe L.A. should just draft him.<\/p>\n
Which team is trading up?<\/p>\n
Two of the teams drafting shortly after the Rams, the Jets and Cowboys, already have multiple first round picks.<\/p>\n
The Lions are picking at 17. Not only is Brad Holmes an aggressive GM, but he\u2019s got a close relationship with Snead and the Rams. But is there someone that Detroit wants that badly? The Lions have a lot of day three picks, but no pick in round three, so Holmes is probably also interested in trading down more than he is trading up.<\/p>\n
More teams want to trade down than want to trade up. The Rams might want to trade down and could be willing to take a bad deal if it means getting back a fourth or a fifth round pick, so is that what fans want? Do you want the Rams to take a bad trade, like going down from 13 to 28, just to get a fourth and a fifth? Would that be awesome?<\/p>\n
However, the odds are low that the Rams will trade down because the odd are low that literally any team will trade down.<\/p>\n
Could this be the year for the Rams to trade down? It\u2019s an answer we probably won\u2019t get for 10 more days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the Los Angeles Rams hope to fill their void of picks at the start of day three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,2619,3378,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-865637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-draft","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams-rumors","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116398653040335381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}