The lions came 30 minutes from the SB last year. Many consider this to be their window. Is now the time to be aggressive and borrow from future drafts to bolster the roster now?
Anyone think Holmes might trade a future pick to get back in this thing?
Would you? Any particular players that would be worth it?
Would you borrow from the future for more picks this year?
I would trade next years 3RP and # 61 to move up in the second tonight. I wouldn’t trade a second next year for a third or a first for a second this year. I might consider #61 and 2025 2RP for 38-43 range pick tonight and their 2025 4RP.
Under the right conditions, some of these types of trades could open up, but this year doesn’t feel like the right circumstances. They will be inverted though…
Example → we have guys that are known cap casualties that we package with picks to move up…essentially, guys we would lose for nothing, but instead get picks for them.
I’m definitely with @Jman on this one. We can leverage our 5th and a 4th from next year to move up for a 4th this year without doing any damage at all. Expiring contracts are always going to be an issue with a contending team and I think you have to preserve a base pipeline for replacing them.
I wouldn’t do it unless rare value–like with Arnold yesterday–presented itself.
Staying at #61 or nearby, we’ll get a significant player and stick with the team long term. We could trade #164 and 201 for Carolina’s #142 for another significant player. How many new players are going to stick with this loaded team?
Next offseason we’ll be losing some significant pieces like, perhaps, Davis, Iffy, Barnes, McNeill, Zeitler, Decker, and more. We’ll need to replenish the old fashion way: through the draft.