Trading Up

But I’d like to think he’s going to keep all and create competition. That forces peeps to play their best.

I just don’t know what we do with all those bodies at camp. Could be better off having 5 targeted guys that we love, that we know we’ll keep. I could even see us trading down out of the 32 pick, and trading some of the lower picks – then we’d have a cluster of picks in rounds 2, 3 and 4.

Again, I am torn, because I also believe in the “Black Swan”/lottery aspect of draft picks – the more picks you have,. the more chances you have of hitting on some in unexpected ways. That’s where you find the Jacquain Williamses, the Ahmad Bradshaws…hard to say.

And I’m with you in following that approach most every year.

I just look at our current situation and it seems there are very clear areas to address – say the OL and TE. Would it be better to use those 9 picks to trade up and get a handful of guys we absolutely love, rather than settle for what falls to us at 32 and at the bottom of each round?

I know that’s more of a “needs” philosophy – but the cap seems to be forcing us to try to address needs through the draft more than free agency. I doubt we will sign one decent name free agent because we’re maxed out capwise.

So instead of signing a Carl Nicks to play G, what if we tried to trade up to get, say, David DeCastro?

suck for luck or bust

Also we would have to give up alot to move up. Injuries happen during camp, fluke injuries can happen in the offseason. JR will keep his picks and draft wisely. I would rather have 9 guys instead of 4 or 5. It makes the competition in camp more competitive.

and one more gets injured. 7 guys to find spots.

I think a likely scenario is that we end up without a handful of our FAs — Thomas, Ross, Goff, Ham, McKenzie … so there’s maybe 4 spots, and 3 guys seems to be our standard for preseason IR.

y the way, I really like the idea of first round OLs. Someone here told me they have a very high success rate.

With 9 picks, we can afford to gamble a little bit and if a couple guys don’t pan out, then so be it. If we give up picks to go higher, and a guy doesn’t work out it becomes a much bigger issue.

is very unlikely and uncharacteristic of the Giants in the early rounds. If it happens, I would expect it to be in the third at the earlest and more likely in the fourth and later rounds.

I often hear Jerry Reese say, “We don’t work off of a template. Every year is different. Every year we do what’s best for the team in that situation.”

Yeah, the Giants’ organization philosophically skews toward keeping picks…but some years they’ve broken the bank on free agents, other years not…it’s a fluid situation every year, so why be boxed into a template?

Reese is always emphatic about that – so while I agree that we’re not going to be trading madly like the Patriots or Eagles do, I don’t see any reason why we wouldn’t be flexible in our approach in a year where we’ve got 9 picks.