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In any case, here's one thing that seems to be getting overlooked: the Patriots are making lowball offers for those high first-rounders.
I would take that as a sign that they're not desperate to move up, but certainly willing to do so.
I say smokescreen. Why try trade now when they are not sure if the player they want will be there? This doesn't make sense to me. If they do want OL, what if the guys they want that are rated high enough to give up several picks to move up are gone by the time they pick? It makes more sense to do a trade when the current selection is closer to the spot they want to trade to. Like if the player then want is dropping and the current pick is 7th, trade then because you know you have a chance to get him at 8th or 9th. Do they really think that someone's gonna grab Harvin that early? We can still get him at #23
BB pre-draft press conference said:If you look at the number of pre-draft draft choice trades – not player for draft choice, but straight draft choice trades – you won’t find very many of them. Probably the last one would be when Jimmy Johnson and I made one in 1992 or 1993, a couple days before the draft. Teams don’t like to do it. I am personally comfortable doing it, but most teams don’t like to do it.
I say smoke screen to get the Browns to take someone they don't need at #5.