Billy Goat

Tyler L after a trade down and a QB with the extra pick.

Either the Ravens or Eagles. 6 and 149 for the Ravens 18, 45 and 110. Or 6 and 137 for the Eagles 15, 51, 83.

If the trade is with the Eagles and for picks this year then they need to throw in pick 83 as well for it to be proper value, so 15, 51, 83. Or they could give us 18, 51, 83, 101. Those represent similar value to the 6 pick according to the trade charts (although they aren’t an exact science). We could give them one of our 5ths in either scenario. I definitely wouldn’t do a trade just for 51. We’d be getting fleeced.

With the line they are putting together they’ll either trade for a QB or draft a QB ready to start day 1. You don’t sign these guys to short term deals and then waste them with Darnold playing behind them for a season. You either trade for someone you think can make you a play-off team or you get a ready to start rookie QB who’ll spend his first season learning behind a very good offensive line.

I don’t think they sign these guys to short term contracts with the idea of having a transition season with a rookie QB. Tepper isn’t going to care if we go 8-9 with a rookie QB. He wants a winning team. Why else would they consistently look to give up draft capital for established QBs?

Great addition. With the way the OL is shaping up and with the defense also being strengthened even Darnold could carry this team to enough wins to see them pick outside the top 10. If they’re strengthening this much in free agency the idea of tanking to get a QB in 2023 just isn’t going to happen. It’s probably a certainty they now try and bring in another QB via a trade.

The question is who do they panic and trade for now? I think it’s safe to assume they won’t draft anyone because both Tepper and Rhule want a ready made solution and none of the QBs in the draft are that. Darnold is still there but having tried to move on from him halfway through last season and now in the off-season the likelihood that they start the season with him as QB1 is small to say the least. What a mess.