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I know it's crazy, but it just seems so weird that we trade down, trade down, trade down...gathering what 4-5 3rd rounders?!...
then, we trade back up to draft a guy we coulda drafted if we stayed put and saved a pick in doin so. I was just frustrated with moving down then giving up so much draft capital to move back up....crazy!!
Reporters are NOT asking that question after the draft...how do teams know when to jump up and in front of whom - to draft a player that, otherwise, looks like they're happy to wait to come to them AFTER a trade down. I know Snead could never say he had inside help....but he could wink/nod and say relationships are very strong in the NFL or something. i mean, it must be an open secret in the NFL...this issue.
No team complains cuz every team must do it....and benefit. .....just interesting to me , I guess.
I don't know about spies but every Fortune 500 company I am familiar with has a unit that keeps tabs on their competition. I was thinking it has to be the same in the NFL except it's other teams. Look at what a great job Deadpool and Aylo and others here do on assessing our needs. And then scouting and studying who we have been talking to and what our coaches have been saying and tweeting and what prospects have been saying and tweeting. Imagine if they were doing that full time for not just the Rams, but all the teams. In fact I bet they build a board for every team.
So then the draft is unfolding you have a pretty good idea that Team X is going to take a RB and they have targeted 3 with their pick and you want one of the 3. Or even the same 3. 2 are gone and their pick is coming up and you know if you want that RB you have to get ahead of them. And whoever you are trying to trade with knows how much you want it. So they charge you just enough to make a good deal for themselves and not tick you off so you'll never trade with them again.
Probably too long of my attempt of an answer, but I think there's enough info out there to build a pretty good file and a board on every team without having to bribe the janitor, sleep with one of the secretaries or put a listening device on the dog to get info.
