I'd love to see the Patriots come out of this draft with an extra 2010 first round pick--I'm wondering how that is most likely to happen.
Of course they could probably trade #23 for a 2010 1st and something else (maybe a 2009 3rd or 4th or, even better, a 2010 3rd)--but that seems unlikely because they will probably want a first round pick this year. Maybe that's just my shortsightedness, but I have a hard time seeing this one.
So, my questions for the board are:
1) how common/likely is it to trade picks such as #34, #47, and #58 for a future 1st rounder?
2) what else, if anything, would likely be included in such trades?
Maybe I can see a team trading for #34 straight up for a 2010 1st rounder. I don't see how #47 or #58 would be worth a future first rounder, even in combination. It's such a risk for the other team, I have a hard time imagining other teams accepting second round picks for an undetermined future 1st and I don't recall such trades in the past.
Of course they could probably trade #23 for a 2010 1st and something else (maybe a 2009 3rd or 4th or, even better, a 2010 3rd)--but that seems unlikely because they will probably want a first round pick this year. Maybe that's just my shortsightedness, but I have a hard time seeing this one.
So, my questions for the board are:
1) how common/likely is it to trade picks such as #34, #47, and #58 for a future 1st rounder?
2) what else, if anything, would likely be included in such trades?
Maybe I can see a team trading for #34 straight up for a 2010 1st rounder. I don't see how #47 or #58 would be worth a future first rounder, even in combination. It's such a risk for the other team, I have a hard time imagining other teams accepting second round picks for an undetermined future 1st and I don't recall such trades in the past.
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