Those Trade Offers Aren't Rolling In

by Dave Choate on Apr 5, 2008 12:41 PM EDT in Falcons News

A month or two ago it looked like a lock that the Falcons would entertain trade offers for the #3 pick. The Cowboys, led by Petrino-meddling owner Jerry Jones, were expected to make a strong push for Darren McFadden. I don't know if the team would really be willing to do so, but it would certainly be nice to have the options.

Yet Steve Wyche of the AJC writes that there's been nada mucho thus far. A number of NFL teams are smartening up and realizing that it's a waste of picks, time and money to jump up in the draft order. Logically, the Cowboys could get two terrific players on an already solid team instead of one possible home-run who has more kids than Old Mother Hubbard (she lived in a shoe and shit). While the Falcons could use more than one first round pick, a player like Jake Long or Glenn Dorsey may be special enough that they want to stay where they are, anyways.

But here's my question to you: what's the ideal trade scenario? Play around with it for a bit and see who might want to trade with us, and what we'd get for those picks. The best one will be Falcoholic endorsed, which is like the highest honor a 23 year-old blogger can bestow on someone without having to spend any money for it.

Thoughts?

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Honestly

I'm not so sure a trade-down is even an option anymore. After the pro-days it seems fairly evident that the two Longs and Dorsey are going to be the top three, meaning we are gauranteed to get one of them.

Now, that could obviously change depending on what those crazies down in Miami do, but to me, the biggest reason to trade down currently is the simple fact that Flacco has jumped up people's boards all over the place (and by that I mean just about every 'mock draft' site on the interwebz) and made his way into the first round. As much as I love Flacco and think that he is the QB for our team, I don't see this as a justifiable trade-down. Especially if one of those top three are still there, even if the DE Long isn't really a major need.

Another possibility with this is that we don't trade-down out of the third pick, but instead use one of the extra picks we have this year to move back up into the late first round and pick up Flacco early. We may have to give up one of our three second rounders and possibly either a late rounders this year or one from next year, but we end up securing a QB for our future.

Those are my thoughts on the topic. Even if we don't get Flacoo, I think there will still be someone of value for us in the second round. SDo maybe this year we just sit tight and use every single oe of our eleven picks to build a better team. Maybe, just maybe, we even wait till next year to pick a QB.

by Jesse @ The Falcoholic on Apr 7, 2008 8:58 AM EDT reply actions

Agreed

A trade down is very unlikely at this point. I would think that the only way they even consider it is if Jake Long and Dorsey go 1-2, which I don't think will happen. A trade back into the first is more likely. It just goes back to the decision to move up and get the player they most want or to take whoever is there at 34. Brohm and Flacco could be gone, but Henne (despite my personal misgivings) had been moving up boards as of late. I wouldnt have a problem just standing pat and using all these picks to reload, but something like this might not be out of the realm of possibility...

Atlanta gets-#28 (first round), #92 (third round)
Dallas gets-#37 (second round), #68 (third round)

Dallas has two first rounders, so they might be more willing to move back out of the first round. This trade gives Dallas the Falcons pick in the second, still leaving us with the picks from Oakland and Houston. The teams would also swap picks in the third round. This trade allows the Falcons to get back into the first round while maintaining the same number of draft picks.

The teams in the 20s would find it hard to justify taking a quarterback, meaning that the Falcons would most likely have the pick of the litter. The only worry would be that somebody else swoops in ahead of them, but a team would probably either have to A) get their socks knocked off by a trade offer or B) have the picks work out so that nobody they value is available to give up a first rounder in the early 20s. It works out nearly even on the trade chart that GM's know and love. To make it dead even, the Falcons would throw in a seventh rounder.

by SG Standard @ The Falcoholic on Apr 7, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions