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Originally Posted by sherck
The more that I keep looking at this draft class, the more than I want more draft picks in the 3rd/4th/5th rounds...
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Yes, I quoted myself.
Article on Colts.com today quotes Ballard as being ready to trade down to get more draft picks.
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“We wouldn’t hesitate to trade down and get a few more picks if we can,” Owner Jim Irsay stated at this past week’s Annual League Meetings. “That would be something that we think could really benefit us.”
“Not enough,” Ballard says of the seven picks in the first five rounds. “We need more (laughs).
“We won’t be (afraid to trade back). We will not be timid about moving around in the draft. Will it happen? I don’t know. There’s some years we said that in Kansas City and we didn’t make one trade. And then last year we beat bopped around a few times in the draft.
“You’ve got to have a partner that’s willing to trade with and you have to be willing to work out the compensation. We are definitely open to trading back in this draft and we have to make sure when we do it, we still have the right players on the board targeted.”
“In my mind,” Ballard says, “the more picks you have, the more chances you have to hit on the player."
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I like this thinking. We are not one superstar away from being a good team; we are a lot of solid players away from being a good team AND THEN a couple of superstars away from being great.
However, as a thought exercise (like I previously did):
Indy trades 1-15 to Denver (who is a good team who needs superstars to become great) for 1-20, 3-18 (#82) and 5-34 (#178).
Indy trades 1-20 to Seattle (who is a good team who needs superstars to become great) for 1-26, 3-26 (#90) and 6-26 (#210).
Both those trades have almost exactly the same "trade value" from the NFL trade charts.
Indy now has:
1-26 (#26)
2-14 (#46)
3-16 (#80)
3-18 (#82)
3-26 (#90)
4-15 (#121)
4-31 (#137)
4-38 (#144)
5-14 (#158)
5-34 (#177)
6-26 (#210)
Picking up 4 more picks; two 3rd round, one 5th round and one 6th round, to slide back 11 slots in the first round and STILL pickup someone like OLB Charles Harris, OLB T.J. Watt, ILB Zach Cunningham, ILB Alex Anzalone, CB Chidobe Awuzie or CB Quincy Wilson would be pretty great.
Not everyone who gets drafted into the NFL works out; getting more picks allows for more opportunities to hit on players.
Cheers,