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In this draft, the sweet spot for a lot of the players we have shown interest in seems to be in the area right around the bottom half of round 2 through the top half of round 3.
Expected to go around this time are multiple quality linebackers (Germaine Pratt, Chase Winovich), safeties (Darnell Savage, Amani Hooker), corners (Lonnie Johnson, Justin Layne), wideouts (Hakeem Butler, Miles Boykin), running backs (Darrell Henderson, David Montgomery), and tight ends (Josh Oliver, Jace Sternberger).
Rather than using our extra draft picks as ammunition to move up in round 1, perhaps we could use some of that draft capital to try to obtain more picks in this late 2nd-early 3rd area instead. Our pals up in New England have 6 picks in the first 3 rounds (SIX!!!) and they tend to like to be wheelers and dealers on draft day. I would like to attempt to target their picks at the end of round 2 and the 9th pick in round 3 (#73 overall) which originally belonged to Detroit.
We could offer them our pick in the middle of round 2 (#52), our pick in the middle of round 4 (#122), our pick that we got from the Raiders in the early portion of round 5 (#141), and CB Artie Burns in exchange for their picks at the end of round 2 (#64) and the pick they got from the Lions in the early portion of round 3 (#73).
Points-wise:
2.52 + 4.122 + 5.141 = 465.5 points
2.64 + 3.73 = 495 points
NE seems to like to try to rehabilitate former first round pick reclamation projects (and they could use an influx of talent at the corner spot), so including Artie Burns in the deal might be able to essentially make up for that nearly 30 point difference in the math.
If Devin Bush and Brian Burns come off the board before pick #20, we could stay patient and use that pick on someone like CB Byron Murphy. Adding Steven Nelson and Byron Murphy to Joe Haden and Mike Hilton would turn CB from a relative weakness to somewhat of a strength for the first time in forever. We'd have an heir apparent for Haden (who now 30 years old and entering his 10th season on the NFL, which is the last year of his current contract) on board to learn from him. Plus, Artie Burns would also be completely expendable as a result of this selection, which helps to make this deal possible. Then use those 4 (FOUR!!!)picks we'd now have from the end of round 2 to the middle of round 3 to add additional help at safety, linebacker, wideout, etc.
After this deal, we still end up with 9 picks overall: a first, a second, 3 thirds, 3 sixths, and a seventh.
The haul could potentially look something like this:
1.20 CB Byron Murphy, Washington 5-11 189
2.64 S Darnell Savage, Maryland 5-11 198
3.66 ILB Germaine Pratt, N.C. State 6-2 240
3.73 OLB Chase Winovich, Michigan 6-3 252
3.83 WR Miles Boykin, Notre Dame 6-4 220
6.175 TE Kahele Warring, San Diego State 6-5 252
6.192 NT Daylon Mack, Texas A&M 6-1 336
6.207 C/G Lamont Gaillard, Georgia 6-2 304
7.219 RB Kerrith Whyte, Florida Atlantic 5-10 197
Expected to go around this time are multiple quality linebackers (Germaine Pratt, Chase Winovich), safeties (Darnell Savage, Amani Hooker), corners (Lonnie Johnson, Justin Layne), wideouts (Hakeem Butler, Miles Boykin), running backs (Darrell Henderson, David Montgomery), and tight ends (Josh Oliver, Jace Sternberger).
Rather than using our extra draft picks as ammunition to move up in round 1, perhaps we could use some of that draft capital to try to obtain more picks in this late 2nd-early 3rd area instead. Our pals up in New England have 6 picks in the first 3 rounds (SIX!!!) and they tend to like to be wheelers and dealers on draft day. I would like to attempt to target their picks at the end of round 2 and the 9th pick in round 3 (#73 overall) which originally belonged to Detroit.
We could offer them our pick in the middle of round 2 (#52), our pick in the middle of round 4 (#122), our pick that we got from the Raiders in the early portion of round 5 (#141), and CB Artie Burns in exchange for their picks at the end of round 2 (#64) and the pick they got from the Lions in the early portion of round 3 (#73).
Points-wise:
2.52 + 4.122 + 5.141 = 465.5 points
2.64 + 3.73 = 495 points
NE seems to like to try to rehabilitate former first round pick reclamation projects (and they could use an influx of talent at the corner spot), so including Artie Burns in the deal might be able to essentially make up for that nearly 30 point difference in the math.
If Devin Bush and Brian Burns come off the board before pick #20, we could stay patient and use that pick on someone like CB Byron Murphy. Adding Steven Nelson and Byron Murphy to Joe Haden and Mike Hilton would turn CB from a relative weakness to somewhat of a strength for the first time in forever. We'd have an heir apparent for Haden (who now 30 years old and entering his 10th season on the NFL, which is the last year of his current contract) on board to learn from him. Plus, Artie Burns would also be completely expendable as a result of this selection, which helps to make this deal possible. Then use those 4 (FOUR!!!)picks we'd now have from the end of round 2 to the middle of round 3 to add additional help at safety, linebacker, wideout, etc.
After this deal, we still end up with 9 picks overall: a first, a second, 3 thirds, 3 sixths, and a seventh.
The haul could potentially look something like this:
1.20 CB Byron Murphy, Washington 5-11 189
2.64 S Darnell Savage, Maryland 5-11 198
3.66 ILB Germaine Pratt, N.C. State 6-2 240
3.73 OLB Chase Winovich, Michigan 6-3 252
3.83 WR Miles Boykin, Notre Dame 6-4 220
6.175 TE Kahele Warring, San Diego State 6-5 252
6.192 NT Daylon Mack, Texas A&M 6-1 336
6.207 C/G Lamont Gaillard, Georgia 6-2 304
7.219 RB Kerrith Whyte, Florida Atlantic 5-10 197
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