Watch it be Pitts and SF combines him with Kittle.I pray it's a QB!
It really has to be a quarterback, though. Jimmy G is decent, but he's only played in 23 out of 48 games. Can't have that.
Watch it be Pitts and SF combines him with Kittle.I pray it's a QB!
Organizations don’t share with other organizations who they are picking in advance and it doesn’t even matter if Grier did.
I am operating on the assumption that Grier traded back up to pick 6 to take Pitts, Chase, or Smith.
Practically a given QBs will be taken at 1, 2, and 3.
So Grier most likely won’t trade down with Carolina until after Atlanta has taken their pick at #4. If Atlanta takes a QB or Sewell, I can see Grier on the phone with Carolina as one of the 3 receivers would be on the board, as long as Grier is 100% confident Carolina is trading up to take a QB.
If not, Carolina could snag one of the 3 receivers and thwart Grier’s plans by the Bengals, Panthers and Lions taking the 3 receivers.
If Atlanta (or whoever they trade with) takes a QB at 4 and Cincy takes Sewell that opens up the possibility to reach out to Denver as well on a possible trade. But again there would be a risk Denver, Detroit, and Carolina could snag the 3 receivers and Grier has ended up outsmarting himself.
So in conclusion , I don’t foresee any trade down of the #6 pick until the #4 pick in the draft has been selected and then it is contingent on that not being Pitts, Chase, or Smith.
If Grier got Shannahan to tell him who he's picking, and it is Mac Jones like all the rumors say, then that could give us added motivation to trade back to 6, as come draft day either Trey Lance or Justin Fields is virtually guaranteed to be sitting there. This makes the 6th pick much more valuable than it would've seemed to the Eagles. Grier may have been wanting to trade out of this pick from the beginning.
Yes, it is called my brain.@The Ghost @Danny @Digital @1972forever @AdamD13 any chance anyone has a source for the whole "GM's don't tell each other who they're picking when they trade" stuff? I find it hard to believe that two guys striking a deal and getting something they want wouldn't share information that wouldn't harm them and also shows good will. Are you just wild guessing or have you read something to that effect? I'd be interested to read about it, this stuff is really intriguing.
they are shopping Crappolo
Report: 49ers want a first-round pick for Jimmy Garoppolo
Yes, Jimmy Garoppolo remains in the 49ers' plans.profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
My thinking is if Pitts is there we take him. If not, we trade back a few and grab BPA between Chase, Smith, and Waddle.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't have a source for this, more just common sense as a negotiator. The GM's role is to be the master of the confidential information business of a team. His scouts generate that info, he amasses it, analyzes it, checks and rechecks it, stacks the board, and constantly works relationships to gain more information while revealing none. His own analysis as a scout is a very distant third in his skill tree to 1) managing people, and 2) managing information. So no GM wants to give away information ... and he doesn't want his team (scouts, etc.) to give any away either. Now, he does authorize some leaks, and there are always speculative media guesses that end up being right, and some intentional leaks. But at the end of the day, it's only the occasional drip of info that gets out. No GM is going to want to ask another GM to give up his info ... so they shy away from it.@The Ghost @Danny @Digital @1972forever @AdamD13 any chance anyone has a source for the whole "GM's don't tell each other who they're picking when they trade" stuff? I find it hard to believe that two guys striking a deal and getting something they want wouldn't share information that wouldn't harm them and also shows good will. Are you just wild guessing or have you read something to that effect? I'd be interested to read about it, this stuff is really intriguing.
Grier himself said in an interview that GM's ask each other what they're planning to do and who they want to trade up for but that nobody ever tell each other so he's said that himself.@The Ghost @Danny @Digital @1972forever @AdamD13 any chance anyone has a source for the whole "GM's don't tell each other who they're picking when they trade" stuff? I find it hard to believe that two guys striking a deal and getting something they want wouldn't share information that wouldn't harm them and also shows good will. Are you just wild guessing or have you read something to that effect? I'd be interested to read about it, this stuff is really intriguing.
@The Ghost @Danny @Digital @1972forever @AdamD13 any chance anyone has a source for the whole "GM's don't tell each other who they're picking when they trade" stuff? I find it hard to believe that two guys striking a deal and getting something they want wouldn't share information that wouldn't harm them and also shows good will. Are you just wild guessing or have you read something to that effect? I'd be interested to read about it, this stuff is really intriguing.