We have shot a lot of ammo up in trades over the last few years so I am not sure that trades will be on the scale of last year.
What I like about trades is that you don't have any signing bonus hitting you against the cap although many of the contracts are back loaded with higher salaries offsetting the benefit.
Each trade seemed to be a surprise to me last year with many not leaking out until the deal was done. Of course there are the auction block type trades where Peters was available and we were in the mix or OBJ who never moved. Heck we even knew we were slightly in the mix on Mack.
The 3 year 1st round vet that doesn't quite fit seems to be a theme as teams look to trade them before guaranteeing that fifth year. Peters fit that mold and that may be a sell low type of environment that is attractive to Snead.
I still think Snead tries trading down to get more picks though as we will need young players ready to play for 2020 when the cap will start to create a lot more tradeoff decisions. If you are going to continue to put a good product on the field you need to acquire and develop young players because the are cheap to mix in with your stars.
I do think Snead will be looking for bargains whether it be via trade or free agency and will avoid high leverage situations.
