Rumor: 49ers looking to trade up to 13 or 14...

[SIGCHI222]

Gettleman

<31, 34 and next year's first...that would be a wicked pissa idear.

Udderwise...it's a retahded gahbidge.>

[Snake]

We would need two first in that trade. Picking up essentially two 2nds is not great value IMO.

[pstall]

i've been saying this alot. with all the trades that will happen, the Panthers better have mutiple contingency plans

[JawnyBlaze]

Point blank, if Star or Lane falls to 14th, the last team I want to get stronger is the defending NFC champ. Why don't we do follow what the 49ers have done for years and stay put and draft on a BPA philosophy?

If Star fell I wouldn't want to trade even if they were offering their first four picks in this draft and next year's second. Assuming that doesn't happen, I don't give a poo if the reigning NFC champ gets better or not as long as we're getting better. And I think we'd progress more with the 31 and 34 picks than we would with the 14.

[h0llywood]

Do the trade. Draft BPA this year and save the fireworks for next year. Trade up in the 1st (to top 5?) and get Marqise Lee from USC. If we want a WR, let's do it right and not rush to get one where any of the top 3 this year are interchangeable.

[C47]

Point blank, if Star or Lane falls to 14th, the last team I want to get stronger is the defending NFC champ. Why don't we do follow what the 49ers have done for years and stay put and draft on a BPA philosophy?

Point blank, neither of those players are falling to 14....

[C47]

Do the trade. Draft BPA this year and save the fireworks for next year. Trade up in the 1st (to top 5?) and get Marqise Lee from USC. If we want a WR, let's do it right and not rush to get one where any of the top 3 this year are interchangeable.

Que Promethean Forerunner to tell you why Marqise Lee isn't worth a 1st round pick let alone a top five pick....

[C47]

Yes, because Ngata and Revis didn't. Oh wait...

Save it for draft night, Nostradamus.

Yes because the Draft those two guys were in only had five prospects that Scouts are calling exceptional.... This draft sucks at the top, but the depth of it is insane....

[KendrickPanther]

This draft sucks at the top, but the depth of it is insane....

Giggity?

[C47]

It doesn't matter. Time and time again, an organization in the top ten makes an unexpected move or pick and as a result a prospect predicted to go 6th or 9th overall falls to the mid-round and whole dynamic shifts. The Chiefs traded for Alex Smith... anything goes.

How does it not matter that you have about half the number of "can't miss prospects" that you do most years? That's absolutely ridiculous to say. Of course it matters when you have a lower number of desirable prospects. That is unless you think five or more teams are going to make questionable moves. Also how does trading a second round pick for Alex Smith when they weren't going to take a QB #1 overall shift the dynamic? The worst kept secret of the whole draft was that the Chiefs were taking an OT number one overall whether it was Luke Joeckel or Eric Fisher. Sorry you can keep living in fantasy land but Star and Lane Johnson aren't falling.....

[Judo Thoreau]

I have a feeling that if Jarvis Jones is still on the board at 14, we'll be getting lots of calls.

It's almost like people forgot about him after the combine/medical issues. Lots of teams in the 20-30 range would love to have him, and he's probably not getting past Pittsburgh at 17.

[C47]

I have a feeling that if Jarvis Jones is still on the board at 14, we'll be getting lots of calls.

It's almost like people forgot about him after the combine/medical issues. Lots of teams in the 20-30 range would love to have him, and he's probably not getting past Pittsburgh at 17.

I think the Saints would take a long look at him too. They will need an edge rusher for their 3-4....

[JawnyBlaze]

Disagree. At that endeavor we'd marching into second round territory. I rather take the 14th pick and see which top prospect falls (Eric Fisher, Star Lotulelei, Lane Johnson, Dee Millner, etc) out of the top ten.

If any of those players falls to our pick, I'd be happy for Gettleman to just make the pick instead of trading back. If none of those players fall to our pick (which is the most likely scenario) I think having #31 and #34 will benefit us more than taking Richardson, Austin, Vaccaro, or any of the usual suspects at #14. By a lot.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Jets would pull before we did. They need the picks and could afford givng up their 2nd 1st rounder.