TomBrady'sGoat
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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This is another one of those situations where the draft value chart may be overrated.
If the Lions don't want to pay 40M or whatever it is the #2 pick gets they're best off trading down. There is VALUE in signing guys to reasonable deals rather than blowing a big cap number on a rookie. You only want to sign a guy to top pick money if he is a special player, and the one special player the lions could get there is at a position they cannot draft.
And while they might be better off trading the #2 for the #6 + picks, then trading that for the #12 + picks, etc., this requires those other teams to be willing to trade up.
I personally hate the draft chart because I think it hamstrings too many teams. GMs know that every reporter out there has a copy of it and any trade they make will be measured by it. So even if a team can trade up to #20 to draft a guy they had graded #10, they'll get killed for overpaying for #20. Not only do teams have to decide whether or not the trade is worth it to them, they also have to see if it is deemed reasonable by the stupid chart.
I don't care what the chart says, if I am the Lions and I don't want to shell out silly money I try to trade down. If the Broncos offer is the best offer I take it, even if the silly chart tells me I shouldn't.
the least discussing it can do is spur anyone else interested to make a bid.
If the Lions don't want to pay 40M or whatever it is the #2 pick gets they're best off trading down. There is VALUE in signing guys to reasonable deals rather than blowing a big cap number on a rookie. You only want to sign a guy to top pick money if he is a special player, and the one special player the lions could get there is at a position they cannot draft.
And while they might be better off trading the #2 for the #6 + picks, then trading that for the #12 + picks, etc., this requires those other teams to be willing to trade up.
I personally hate the draft chart because I think it hamstrings too many teams. GMs know that every reporter out there has a copy of it and any trade they make will be measured by it. So even if a team can trade up to #20 to draft a guy they had graded #10, they'll get killed for overpaying for #20. Not only do teams have to decide whether or not the trade is worth it to them, they also have to see if it is deemed reasonable by the stupid chart.
I don't care what the chart says, if I am the Lions and I don't want to shell out silly money I try to trade down. If the Broncos offer is the best offer I take it, even if the silly chart tells me I shouldn't.
the least discussing it can do is spur anyone else interested to make a bid.