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We have less than two weeks left in the NFL draft, and while the anticipation of whose name will be read on each slot is the biggest thrill for fans, there is another source of excitement.
Trade. Each year the first round includes a handful. The draft generally includes dozens.
Now not every team will make a deal. Some withstand the whole draft. Others do like Monty Hall so often that it’s hard to keep track of. Some deals involve only a choice. Others include players.
But fans of each club enjoy thinking about what deals their team can make during the weekend draft.
This is what we are here to do.
Using the trading value chart created by Jimmy Johnson in the 1990s and modernized over the years, this section contains one potential deal for each NFL team. Some are blockbusters. Others are much more modest. Most of them will not happen.
But they’re all plausible enough that GM on the other end of the phone won’t just laugh and laugh.
GOOD. Most of them wouldn’t.
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The Cardinals receive: 2022 first round selection (№ 3 in total), 2022 second round selection (№ 37 total), 2022 fourth round selection (№ 108 total), 2023 first round selection (via CLE), QB Davis Mills
The Texans receive: QB Kyler Murray
It may start with a bang.
In the off-season, full of quarterback deals and drama like we’ve never seen before, Arizona’s Kyler Murray is the latest soap opera. Murray is reportedly adamant that he will not play for the Redbards in 2022 without a new contract. After a disastrous run-off in the playoffs last year and with two years left on his rookie contract, the Cardinals don’t seem in a hurry to give him one.
This impasse began to swirl commercial rumors. And of all the teams in the league, Houston is the best positioned to play for Murray – thanks to the bonanza from the election that the Browns just sent the team to Deshon Watson.
Think about it: Even if the Texans give Arizona everything listed in this significant draw above, Houston will still have the 13th overall pick and two Day 2 selections this year, first round next year and two first in 2024. .
If trading with Murray is a real opportunity, Houston can easily make the best deal – and include a quarterback at Davis Mills. The Cardinals can try again as a quarterback with a third choice or exchange several seats, add elections and still get a QB.
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Falcons receive: 2022 first round selection (total 32)
The Lions receive: 2022 second round choices (total № 43), 2022 second round choices (total 58)
The Atlanta Falcons are identified as the leading potential landing site for the Kyler Murray trade, but instead of destroying Atlanta’s project capital for the next few years, we’ll focus on something a little less dramatic here.
With the eighth overall pick, the Falcons were selected in more than one model draft to add a quarterback to that spot. But the Falcons need more than that. Beyond the secret end of Kyle Pitts, the Falcons have the weakest combination of offensive firepower in the NFL.
Running back. Wide receiver. Call it Atlanta, he needs it.
Now the Falcons could wait in the deep receiver class to see what would happen to them with their two second rounds. But it could be argued that the team needs to be more aggressive in this regard and attack the board with a move upwards that could prevent Atlanta, Iowa, Brisbane or Penn State over Jahan Dotson. Or Atlanta can pick up a number 8 receiver and hope the QB slides at the end of the round.
Either way, the Falcons gain something more by moving to the back of Round 1: a fifth-year option for the player in that position. The Lions (a team with a similar exhaustive list) win a pair of kicks in the top 60 if there is no player number 32 to arouse their interest.
There is no big difference in 2022 between player No. 30 and No. 60. What the class lacks as talent, it compensates in depth.
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The Ravens receive: 2022 first round selection (total 7)
Giants receive: 2022 first round selection (14 in total), 2022 second round selection (45 in total)
This potential trade contains one caveat: the top three champions are available at number 7, which would require Kayvon Thibodeaux to be more than the players people generally called prospect number 1 a year ago and less of a foggy prospect that has slipped down. Or Travan Walker of Georgia to dive in a little more than most expect.
We’ve already seen the Ravens try (and fail) to direct Champion Za’Darius Smith to a free agency. And when Thibodeaux is in his game, 6’5 “, the 258-pounder is a schematic universal destroyer of games. Walker showed an eye-catching demonstration of athleticism in the combine.
For the Giants, this is a continuation of a theme found in this part – the accumulation of capital of the project, while remaining in the top 15 of the draft.
Assuming the Ravens become a contender, moving up to meet a need is worth the price.
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Accounts received: 2022 second round selection (total № 34), 2022 third round selection (total № 97)
The Lions receive: 2022 first round selection (25 in total)
The bills enter the project for 2022 in an enviable position – there are not many holes in the list. This makes Bills a prime candidate to be one of those struggling teams that goes back to Day 1 in an attempt to add a few more picks.
This does not mean that bills have no loopholes. Depth with a wide receiver behind Stephen Diggs and Gabriel Davis is a problem. Like most teams, the Bills could benefit from emergency passes, the offensive line and the second leg.
The thing is that the decline in talent in these positions from Choice 25 to Choice 34 is relatively insignificant. Perspectives such as Texas A&M guard Kenyon Green, George Pickens and Tennessee cornerback Alonte Turner are easily accessible.
The bills should not be handed to the person they love, number 25. But they should also not feel compelled to grab a player in this position if the team wants to return to / move up in round 1.
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The Panthers receive: QB Jimmy Garopolo
Niners receive: 2023 second round selection, 2024 second round selection
The Carolina Panthers have been trying to improve the quarterback’s position for years. Last year’s deal for Sam Darnold was the reason the Panthers took part in Day 2 of this year’s draft. This is also the reason why some will no doubt turn a blind eye to the idea of the Panthers re-embarking on the path of veterans instead of taking rookie number 6 altogether.
But Jimmy Garopolo is a different player from Darnold or Teddy Bridgewater. Say what you want about Garopolo, but he led the 49ers to a place in the Super Bowl and left them in a second-round match for three years last season.
This deal for Garoppolo gives Niners the pair of second-round choices the team reportedly already had on the table (a deal in retrospect they were supposed to accept). This gives the Panthers a capable, proven veteran at the center.
And that opens the door for Carolina to hand out this sixth overall pick to a team that is in love with one of this year’s rookies and to restore some of the draft she has spent in recent years in the process.
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The bears receive: 2022 fourth round choices (total № 107), 2022 fourth round choices (total № 108)
Texans receive: RB David Montgomery, fifth round selection 2022 (148 in total)
The bears face a difficult decision in 2022.
David Montgomery has become a capable defender in the NFL. In 2020, he overshadowed 1,000 running yards and caught 54 passes. But Montgomery is also heading for a contract year, and the Bears’ recovering team will not want to pay Montgomery the annual salary he is likely to seek in a new contract.
Now the marker for the franchise in 2023 is possible. But the Bears may also seek to relocate Montgomery to win a draft election in a year when the team doesn’t have much. Chicago has a back on the list in its second year of pro, Khalil Herbert, who answered the bell in 2021 and may be ready for an expanded role.
A pair of kicks at the start of the 4th round may not seem like much of a return for Montgomery, and the Bears may be able to pass that on to a third-round player. But going back is just not a highly regarded position in today’s NFL.
Given this, given that Rex Burkhead was Houston’s leading striker last year, a Texas team with plenty of elections may be ready to step up their game on the ground to reduce the pressure on anyone who opens the season. below the center.
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Bengals receive: 2022 second round selection (total № 39), 2022 third round selection (total № 71)
The bears receive: 2022 first round selection (total 31)
Cincinnati Bengals are in unexplored waters in 2022. This is a team that is used to choosing much closer to the front end of the first round than behind.
It may be that the Bengalis should not vote in round 1 at all this year.
This does not mean that the Bengalis should absolutely exchange back at the end of the first round. There are no absolutes in an exercise like this. If a player falls to 31st place, which he loves in front of Cincy’s office, then the team must grab him with a smile.
But if there is no player available who really spins Cincinnati’s equipment, you can bet that the hire will have a team that is eager to jump to the back of Round 1 and grab a man with a fifth-year option attached.
Whether it’s the Bears, Jets, Chiefs or Giants, there are a number of clubs with all kinds of capital for Day 2 drafts that could offer the Bengalis a chance to pick up in the top 75 – and add depth to a list that doesn’t there are a lot of screaming holes.
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Browns receive: fourth round selection for 2022 (№ 109)
Seahawks receive: QB Baker Mayfield
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