Trades:
The Pats trade #23 and #89 to the Giants for #29 and #44
Pats trade #200 to the Bears for a 2010 5th round pick.
1- #23 (Traded to NY Giants)
1- #29 (NYG) Ebon Britton - OT - Arizona
2- #34 (KC) Connor Barwin OLB Cincinnati
2- #44 (NYG) Louis Delmas - S - W. Michigan
2- #47 (SD) Sean Smith FS/CB Utah
2- #58 Jarron Gilbert DE San Jose State
3- #89 (traded to NYG)
3- #97 (Comp Samuel) Trevor Canfield G Cincinnati
4- #124 Mike Wallace - WR - Missouri
5- #161 (Traded for Greg Lewis)
5- #173 ( Comp for Stallworth) Lydon Murtha - OT - Nebraska
6- #200 - (traded to the Bears)
6 -#208 (Comp Gay) Stephen Hodge - S - TCU
7- #230 - Terrence Knighton - NT - Temple
There are a lot of similarities between your draft with trades and my earlier draft from this morning, with a couple of mainly logistic differences on how we get there.
I don't think trading #23 and #89 will be sufficient for #29 and #44. If you look at the points value charts (I've used the one from NFLdraftcountdown), #29 + 44 = 1100 points (640 + 460). #23 is worth 760 points, for a difference of 340 points. #89 is worth 145 points, so that trade would favor us by 200 points (about equal to the value of pick #78). It's hard to understand why the Giants would make that trade.
In my scenario posted earlier today in this thread, I proposed a more realistic trade for #29 + 44, using #23 + #58. That would come out to 1080 points vs. 1100, a reasonable match. Making that trade would give us the following picks through the 4th round:
#29
#34
#44
#47
#89
#98 (non-tradeable comp pick)
#124
Using Patchick's method, I tried to make each pick without knowing what would be available later on.
Like you, I used #29 on an OT, preferring William Beatty to Eben Britton. I think this is the biggest danger of trading down to #29, because the Eagles sit at #28 and OT is arguably their greatest need. So the trade down might cost us a key player. I'm not sure I am high enough on Britton as an OL prospect to pass up Barwin at #29, whereas I think Beatty as 10 year pro bowl potential at LT.
Like you, I used #34 on Connor Barwin, as my preferred OLB candidate and too good a talent to pass up. And, like you, I used #44 on Louis Delmas, who is my preferred S candidate and who I also thought was too good to pass up. Also, like you I picked OG Trevor Canfield at 97 and WR Mike Wallace at 124.
You took Sean Smith at #47 and Jarron Gilbert at #58. Those are solid picks. I love Sean Smith and have championed him to some degree on this board. But with the Springs and Bodden signings I have no longer been able to justify spending 2 high picks on DBs. You could justify Smith as BPA, but I'm not sure he is BVA if you incorporate need. I went for Robert Ayers at #47 as an SILB candidate, as there is a greater need at that position right now. But I understand your logic.
Gilbert would be a great pickup, but in my scenario we gave #58 to the Giants. Since CBS/NFLdraftscout has Gilbert ranked #85 and we still have #89 in my scenario, I solved that dilemma by having us trade up with the Eagles from #89 to #85, throwing a 6th rounder in to make up the 20 point difference. That trade seemed realistic to me because Philadelphia doesn't need a 3-4 DE, and because if Gilbert actually fell to 85 I think we would want to trade up a few spots and get him with Miami and Baltimore picking right in front of us at 89. Both of those teams would likely go after Gilbert. In reality I doubt Gilbert will ever last that long, but given that we are following a fixed ranking it seemed reasonable.
