[vallin21]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

I don't get the trade down mentality. We can probably get a near certain starter at #13. I think the FO would have trouble passing on one of these guys: Oher, A. Smith, Ty Jackson, E. Brown, Maualuga, M. Johnson, Mack, or Cushing.

That's 8 players. Another 6 players who are virtually certain to be gone by the time we pick are: Curry, J. Smith, Monroe, Orakpo, Crabtree, and Raji. That makes a total of 14 players, so at least 2 of the players I listed as possible Redskins picks are nearly sure to be there when we pick.

If the teams that pick above us make some mistakes, it's not out of the realm of possibility that one of the top 6 might be there, as well.

So I think we'll probably use the 13th pick.

I agree. If I had to choose 1 of those 6 falling out of the top 12 Orakpo is the most likely to fall out, but if he's taken we should trade out and draft 1 of the 8 players (you mentioned earlier), later in the 1st and depending on who we trade with we could gain a 2nd.