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1) I think that patriots have gotten fine value in Seymour, Mayo, Warren, Wilfork, and Mankins in the first round. You might notice that all these players were linemen except Mayo. I would be fine with find another ILB, OG, or DL. And I do see value in the first round.
2) Drafting in the 2nd - 4th rounds gives up on all the blue chippers in hope that you can be lucky in the 2nd.
3) You can judge whether the trade down strategy worked last year. We ended up with Chung, Brace, Butler and Vollmer instead of Matthews, Laurinitis, Butkler and Vollmer. You choose!
4) That being said, the trading down and trading forward strategy gives us lots of picks and lots of bodies with which to acheive success.
5) You want to have 5-6 picks in the 2nd-4th We have a first, 3 seconds and a 4th. If we trade down from our first, we would likely get a second, third and a fifth, giveing you your 6 picks and replacing our fifth.
2) Drafting in the 2nd - 4th rounds gives up on all the blue chippers in hope that you can be lucky in the 2nd.
3) You can judge whether the trade down strategy worked last year. We ended up with Chung, Brace, Butler and Vollmer instead of Matthews, Laurinitis, Butkler and Vollmer. You choose!
4) That being said, the trading down and trading forward strategy gives us lots of picks and lots of bodies with which to acheive success.
5) You want to have 5-6 picks in the 2nd-4th We have a first, 3 seconds and a 4th. If we trade down from our first, we would likely get a second, third and a fifth, giveing you your 6 picks and replacing our fifth.
I think the best value in most drafts (depends on the available talent every year) is between the 2nd and 4th Rds. For me an ideal strategy would be this:
Trade out of the first round, stockpiling picks.
Trade 4th-7th round picks to move up into the 2nd or 3rd Rds or trade these picks for future picks in higher rounds (i.e. a 2010 4th for 2011 3rd).
Ideally, you would end up with 5-6 picks in 2-4, and then use later round (and untradeable) compensatory picks to fill out a training camp roster.
The Pats did employ part of this strategy, when from previous trades and draft day trades they at point had four 2nd round picks and 4 3rd round picks. They then traded 2 of the 3rd round picks for future picks (two Rd this year). Employing my strategy, they would have dealt some of their lower round picks for future picks or an extra 3rd or 4th round pick in that draft. However they wouldn't have ended up with two of their better players from this years draft, Pryor (6th rd.) and Edelman (7th rd.)