Think that’s almost a certainty.My team Chicago Bears have the first pick after trading it with the Carolina Panthers. Hoping the get QB Caleb Williams.
Totally agree, love to see the teams trading and trying to out manoeuvre each other.I love the draft, the bargaining and manoeuvring that goes on.
The daft thing is, I know nothing about any of the players being selected. I've no idea who is good an who isn't, but it's still compelling watching.
Will record and watch tomorrow, so I'll avoid this thread until then....
Think Bears need a wide receiver so ideally would be Marvin Harrison Jr but think he will be snapped up before the 9th pick so prob a toss up between Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze.Think that’s almost a certainty.
What about at pick 9?
That would be a great draft for the Bears assuming Williams pans out. I think Harrison will go at 4 or 5 but the other 2 WR’s are highly rated too.Think Bears need a wide receiver so ideally would be Marvin Harrison Jr but think he will be snapped up before the 9th pick so prob a toss up between Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze.
Bears also got 75 and 122 in draft pick this year. First time in 40 odd years I think they have been able to pick 4.
Why do you say that? If anything it makes it more interesting for me.I think the fact they can trade draft picks largely renders the whole thing a nonsense. Defeats the object really
Why? It seems to work ok. Moving up the draft can be costly and trading a player from another team could be as well. Moving a few places higher might mean giving up multiple picks. It's a complicated process because there might only be 2 or 3 starting quality players in a position in the draft which means they are going to go early but there might be better players that go after them but are less in demand because there are more of them. The draft doesn't get picked according to player's ability, it gets picked by scarcity. The best kicker of all time could be in the draft but he's still not getting picked first (only 4 have ever gone in the 1st round). If your priority is a kicker it doesn't make sense to pick them in the 1st round so you trade away your pick for a couple of lower ranked picks to bolster your squad elsewhere. Similarly if the best player in the draft at your pick is a QB and you already have a QB that is going to be your 1st choice for a decade then it doesn't make sense to pick them.I think the fact they can trade draft picks largely renders the whole thing a nonsense. Defeats the object really
The trades are even though because it's a closed system. You can't create additional picks or just buy all the picks. It's a trade. You have to give something up to get it. It isn't like the loan system where you can have certain teams just hoovering up all the best players.I understand there is still risk involved by trading your picks, but, its the feel of it I don't like. My understanding is that it prevents teams from dominating by sharing the opportunity to recruit the best young players. Like the principle, disappointed with how it works in practice.
For the record I am also in the camp of completely scrapping the loan system in football (soccer !!). I'm probably in a small minority there too !
The trades are even though because it's a closed system. You can't create additional picks or just buy all the picks. It's a trade. You have to give something up to get it. It isn't like the loan system where you can have certain teams just hoovering up all the best players.