Walter Football Four-Round Mock Draft

[steeler_george]

Re: Walter Football Four-Round Mock Draft

The other guy on Walt's site, Matt McGuire, updated his two round mock yesterday, giving us OG Mike Iupati from Idaho (passing on Sean Weatherspoon, Earl Thomas, Kyle Wilson, Jared Odrick, Anthony Davis, Taylor Mays, Maurkice Pouncey, etc.) and CB Brandon Ghee from Wake Forest. He did have Haden falling to San Fran in the teens, though. You wonder how interested we would be in a trade-up (considering we have 10 picks now and filled many of our depth holes in free agency) if that happened.

With so much equally valued ( too me ) talent available it seems pretty tempting to trade down. I like all these players including some not even mentioned such as NT Dan Williams.

But who would be the willing partner?

I (exluded the Patriots, and the AFCN teams) Green Bay at 23, Vikings at 24, Cardinals 26, Dallas 27. And who would the Steelers pick up.

What is the value of trading down (draft selection)

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Walter Football Four-Round Mock Draft

The other guy on Walt's site, Matt McGuire, updated his two round mock yesterday, giving us OG Mike Iupati from Idaho (passing on Sean Weatherspoon, Earl Thomas, Kyle Wilson, Jared Odrick, Anthony Davis, Taylor Mays, Maurkice Pouncey, etc.) and CB Brandon Ghee from Wake Forest. He did have Haden falling to San Fran in the teens, though. You wonder how interested we would be in a trade-up (considering we have 10 picks now and filled many of our depth holes in free agency) if that happened.

With so much equally valued ( too me ) talent available it seems pretty tempting to trade down. I like all these players including some not even mentioned such as NT Dan Williams.

But who would be the willing partner?

I (exluded the Patriots, and the AFCN teams) Green Bay at 23, Vikings at 24, Cardinals 26, Dallas 27. And who would the Steelers pick up.

What is the value of trading down (draft selection)

Philly picks at #24, not Minnesota. If we use them as an example, their 1st round pick is worth 740 points on the draft trade value chart, and their 2nd round pick is worth 350 points. That would be 1090 points total. Our 1st rounder is worth 900 and our 3rd rounder is worth 180, for a total of 1080 points. So we could potentially turn our 3rd round pick into a 2nd round pick (moving up 27 spots from #83 to #55) by moving down 6 spots in round one.

[steeler_george]

Re: Walter Football Four-Round Mock Draft

I would love to trade down, with this draft being pretty deep at the positions and BPA we are looking for OL/DB/DE.

Now would you trade down if Haden drops ( I don't see it happening, but I never thought Mendy would drop to us in a later draft pick)

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Walter Football Four-Round Mock Draft

I would love to trade down, with this draft being pretty deep at the positions and BPA we are looking for OL/DB/DE.

Now would you trade down if Haden drops ( I don't see it happening, but I never thought Mendy would drop to us in a later draft pick)

No. If Haden drops, you thank your lucky stars and take him. Corner is the one spot where a starting position is in question (most of the rest of the positions we talk about are regarding depth, not starters right now...safety depth, LB depth, d-line depth, RB depth, etc.), so if you have a shot at the best CB in the draft, you don't flinch. I'd even be willing to trade up a bit if he was within reasonable range to make sure that you get him (since we have 10 total picks and have filled several depth roles already in free agency, making it unlikely that that many rookies would be able to make the team anyway). Haden is a cover corner who is also able to come up and hit someone in the mouth the way that we like our corners to do, so he seems like the kind of guy we'd be all over.