Originally Posted by shirtsleeve

Mg,
We've seen Belioli do things like this the last couple of years. It is not unreasonable at all. Typically, though, they trade a bunch of picks in these years into the future so they can stockpile in a talent rich draft. They did so last year. In fact, last year they announced as much, or at least ESPN was reporting that they were trading out of last years draft, looking foreward to the talent in this one.

So, why dump all their choices in a draft like this into a few picks, when they went through all that trouble last year and even the year before to have all these picks this year? Perhaps your theory will hold true, considering that the team does have some holes. But it seems they are slowly plugging these holes with servicable, albeit not outstanding replacements. My thought is that this draft will be the Big Kahuna. The team is going to load up on picks this year. Probably they will even try to trade out of the first round for an early second and add another third in the process. At which point the fun could really start in this value grouping technique.