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I wanted DeCastro all along, and I was willing to give up our 2nd or 3rd round pick in order to get him. The fact that we got him and still have both of our day two picks is mindboggling...it almost seems unfair. To make things more fair 
, how about we combine that 2nd and 3rd rounder so we have only one day two pick (like I expected to have if we got DeCastro).
The trade value chart says that combining our 2nd and 3rd round pick could get us to #40, which is owned by the Panthers. The Panthers do not have a 3rd round pick, because they traded it to Chicago in the Greg Olsen deal (and that pick was moved again from the Bears to the Dolphins in the Brandon Marshall trade), so a rebuilding team like Carolina should be more than willing to reclaim a prime pick that they traded away. It also gets you one spot ahead of the Bills, who should be targeting one of these guys after taking CB Gilmore at #10 instead of a much-needed o-lineman.
The #40 pick is the 8th pick of the second round. Imagine if Cordy Glenn (another guy many would have been willing to trade up for in the first) were available when the 8th pick in round 2 came up? Would you trade our 2nd and 3rd to get BOTH DeCastro and Glenn (a concept that would have seemed to be beyond ridiculous a few short hours ago)? What if DeCastro's Stanford teammate Jonathan Martin (a guy I did trade up for in our Board Mock Draft) were still available at #40? Imagine reuniting those two on the same line in the pros. It is not out of the realm of possibility for one of these seemingly-first-round-locks a day ago to be available after the first 7 picks have been taken in round 2.
Remember, guys like Hill/Randle/Jeffery are still available and both the Rams and Browns need WR help badly...Fleener is still available and Indy would love to reunite Luck and Coby...that's 3 picks already. I think the Ravens could go Konz as a guy who could replace Grubbs now at guard and replace Birk at center when he hangs 'em up sooner rather than later. There are also some prime d-lineman available too, and if a team is willing to take a risk they could get a top 15 level talent in Janoris Jenkins at corner. Seriously, at this point, it wouldn't be surprising at all Glenn or Martin could be there at 40...you wanna go get him and fix this OL once and for all?
Okay, now I have to force myself to go to bed. Work beckons in the morning.
, how about we combine that 2nd and 3rd rounder so we have only one day two pick (like I expected to have if we got DeCastro). The trade value chart says that combining our 2nd and 3rd round pick could get us to #40, which is owned by the Panthers. The Panthers do not have a 3rd round pick, because they traded it to Chicago in the Greg Olsen deal (and that pick was moved again from the Bears to the Dolphins in the Brandon Marshall trade), so a rebuilding team like Carolina should be more than willing to reclaim a prime pick that they traded away. It also gets you one spot ahead of the Bills, who should be targeting one of these guys after taking CB Gilmore at #10 instead of a much-needed o-lineman.
The #40 pick is the 8th pick of the second round. Imagine if Cordy Glenn (another guy many would have been willing to trade up for in the first) were available when the 8th pick in round 2 came up? Would you trade our 2nd and 3rd to get BOTH DeCastro and Glenn (a concept that would have seemed to be beyond ridiculous a few short hours ago)? What if DeCastro's Stanford teammate Jonathan Martin (a guy I did trade up for in our Board Mock Draft) were still available at #40? Imagine reuniting those two on the same line in the pros. It is not out of the realm of possibility for one of these seemingly-first-round-locks a day ago to be available after the first 7 picks have been taken in round 2.
Remember, guys like Hill/Randle/Jeffery are still available and both the Rams and Browns need WR help badly...Fleener is still available and Indy would love to reunite Luck and Coby...that's 3 picks already. I think the Ravens could go Konz as a guy who could replace Grubbs now at guard and replace Birk at center when he hangs 'em up sooner rather than later. There are also some prime d-lineman available too, and if a team is willing to take a risk they could get a top 15 level talent in Janoris Jenkins at corner. Seriously, at this point, it wouldn't be surprising at all Glenn or Martin could be there at 40...you wanna go get him and fix this OL once and for all?
Okay, now I have to force myself to go to bed. Work beckons in the morning.
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