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Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07
Trade down in the draft and draft Grubbs from Auburn. I want that G.
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I think before we should expect the team to trade down, we should be asking ourselves "how far can we trade down and still get our guy?"
But to answer that question, we first have to answer the question, "who's the guy as of right now?"
In my best estimation, the answer to the second question is Amobi Okoye. And in that case, the answer to the first question is that we have to stay ahead of both the Texans (who are looking to further improve their D-Line), and the Falcons (because Petrino coached Okoye in college).
So unless circumstances change (like Brady Quinn falls to us at 6), the only team we could afford to trade down with and still land our guy would be Minnesota at 7. And since there is no perogative for Minnesota to move up just one spot, it looks like we are going to have to stand pat at 6.
An alternative option would be to take advantage of Alan Branch's inexplicably falling draft stock, and trade down to the bottom half of the first round in the hopes of landing him. But that's risky for many reasons.
The safest thing to do would be to take the highest player on our draft board at No. 6, and I believe that's Okoye.