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Trade Down for Ridder?

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MillionDollarCam Grand Master

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Ridder is interesting.. I only watched him against Alabama and while he really struggled it’s hard to judge him off that game since it was men against boys in the trenches.

By all accounts he was one of if not the most consistent QB at the senior bowl…

Depending on if we land a LT in free agency, I wouldn’t be opposed to trading down and taking whoever is available out of Hamilton, Jermaine Johnson, or Zion Johnson and taking a flyer on Ridder or even Howell in the second.

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26 minutes ago, Smittymoose said:

I think it‘s a possibility, although I question the wisdom of trading down and risking losing him if you truly believe a QB can be a franchise player. And if you don’t, then you have no business drafting him in the first round anyways. 

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3 minutes ago, App Panther said:

I guess my mindset is Willis and Pickett are just as much of a gamble than Ridder. So why not try to pickup extra draft assets and hedge some of your risk.

there is some logic in that.  Throw Howell in that also.  Between those 4 you would think at least one will be there at 15-20, and history tells us its a gamble anyway.

but what often happens is the teams will evaluate all of them and at some point one or two will become a lot more desirable to them so the teams will be scared to trade down.

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I'm not sure we're drafting a QB in the first. We're picking up some decent playing pieces here and Rhule is on the hot seat for performance, not potential.

There are some interesting, but not great, QBs still out there in FA. I think we'll snag one of them before the draft and then look for a stud OT or DE in the first.

I'd been big on Linderbaum in the first, but it doesn't seem he's needed here anymore. This has been playing out quite interestingly and the loss in the Watson sweepstakes will play in our favor handily.

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25 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

That actually might be a pretty spot on comparison.

I think they're very similar. Both check a lot of boxes physically. Both played their final season for very good but largely defensively driven teams. Then you watch them play and... you're just underwhelmed. The whole is less than the sum of the parts. You were just expecting considerably more.

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33 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

 

Depending on if we land a LT in free agency, I wouldn’t be opposed to trading down and taking whoever is available out of Hamilton, Jermaine Johnson, or Zion Johnson and taking a flyer on Ridder or even Howell in the second.

Jermaine Johnson please. seconded lol 

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