Trade down?

[MHS831]

Jack (I think) made a point in another thread: Trading down is not that easy. You have to find someone willing to trade up.

He is right. If we are NOT going to draft one of the top 3 OTs in the draft, there are a ton of teams looking for one as a primary need. So, if at least Reiff or Martin is on the board (and at least one should be), who are the teams that might want to trade up? These are the teams needing tackles (from memory) Kansas City, Arizona, Baltimore, Buffalo, Minnesota, St. Louis, Indy, Miami, and probably about 3 more. Not that we would trade with all of these, but teams would have to leapfrog teams that need T. So, if there is a T and we announce we want to drop, we WILL get offers if a LT is on the board.

So, what would you do? Stick and take a T for ourselves or Kirkpatrick, Trade, but how far down?

[jackal]

With all the needs the panthers have on the defensive side on the ball they need to recoup the 3rd round pick they used to get Olsen. A trade down is in order. I am a new Panther fan and cant believe how much cap money is tied up with unworthy players. There is no flexibility to do anything in free agency. Hopefully, some of the guys who were hurt and not playing will be back to full strength next season. A stud receiver to go with Smith is a must. Also the team needs to pass more from play action with the great RB production it gets.

[JawnyBlaze]

If Reiff or Martin are available for us, I could definitely see us taking one of them. But if we decide to trade down I could see the Bills (if we pick ahead of Miami), Chiefs or Cardinals sending us a 3rd (or maybe even next year's 2nd) to leapfrog the Bills to get one of them. A 3rd would be sufficient to move down 2 or 3 spots in my opinion.

[Guild]

Assuming we somehow trade down:

What do you think about Zach Brown OLB UNC?

1 Zach Brown

2a Alshon Jeffery

2b Robert Lester

4 BPA

5 BPA

6 BPA

7 BPA

[stirs]

I worry that Zach Brown might not be an instant starter and that he might be a physical specimen, but lack the football skills needed. Tackling, filling gaps, etc.

Since we don't have a third rounder, I would hope the guys we do get to pick could contribute sooner than later.

[DoWorkBson]

Ive been against drafting dline help, but after watching the giants yesterday. If we do trade down im all for using whatever our top two picks end up being on dline. The giants corners are nothing great and they shut down atlanta because the pressure their line puts on.