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dzrams
I think I lean towards Billy's position on this.
The fact that Bill Belichick routinely trades down and trades for future picks tells me that teams can do it, almost at will, if they want to. Having the same guy involved in that type of trade so much of the time means that he's one of the few that is willing to invest in future years.
The other thing that leads me to believe this is the case is something Snead has said multiple times when describing the inner workings of the draft room on draft day. He has stated that the phones are ringing all the time.
That leads me to believe that trading partners are there.
Snead is a mini-Belichick. He trades up and down the draft nearly as much. Neither guy has had problems finding trading partners. Snead also trades draft picks for vets like NE does. He simply hasn't decided to join the trading current picks for future picks game yet. But if he did, I'm sure he'd find trading partners just like Belichick does.
So personally I'm not buying points one and two. I think point 3 explains it all. Lifetime job security affords one the ability to plan more for the future.
Just to be clear, the debate was specifically about trading 1 current pick for 1 future pick that's a round higher.
Giving up a current pick for a future one.
Belichick doesn't do that routinely. He's done it 3 times since 2009 and until this last weekend it had been 8 years since he did it last. That's more rare than routine.
Now, he has been involved in other trades where he received future picks from trading down, but he wasn't losing a pick for that year. He just agreed to take the compensation the next year. That's a different kind of trade than what the discussion was about.
Below are the trades since 2009 that Belichick has made of the type we are debating.
Everyone can judge for themselves why they happen so infrequently. To me, it's obvious it's very hard to match up a team that's willing to give up a current pick with a team that's willing to give up a future pick. Teams are reluctant to give up picks in either case.
Patriots receive: » 2019 third-round pick-- Lions receive: » 2018 fourth-round pick (No. 114) -- Da'Shawn Hand, DE, Alabama
The Patriots acquired Carolina's 2011 second-round pick during a 2010 draft day trade in exchange for the Patriots third-round pick (89th pick overall).
The Patriots acquired a 2010 second-round selection from the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a 2009 third-round selection (No. 89 overall - TE Jared Cook).Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2018 10:37AM by RamBill.
