Teams just use that stupid draft pick value chart as a guidline they dont go by it exactly..
Guidelines are guidelines and people won’t stray away from them too far. Like the example that started the thread was a 1350 to 1805 heavily slanted trade. Let’s just say you are one of the GMs involved. You are the one receiving the 1350 value (9th pick); you seriously need a QB; I’ll give you Brady Quinn at that pick for your 1st (#13), your 2nd, and 4th round pick. Would you do it?
If you say no; then why not?
You think the #1 pick is worth the same every year? Its not, so in that sense alone the value chart is flawed..
Ok, if that is the case, then why is it so hard to make trades including first round picks? (If you answer this question, you will prove my point.)
1rst round picks ALWAYS have a lot of value, obviously more value than any other pick in the draft. Teams are constantly on the phone because they are trying to move up or down in the draft, but it seldom ever happens with first round picks because of the amount of value involved. Most teams can't afford to give up what it takes to get that pick.
If Quinn is siting there at #9 it makes that pick far more valuable than that stupid value chart shows. Its just used as a basic guidline.
That's Economics 101 (Supply and Demand). It would only be valuable to teams who are desperate for a QB and the supply of quality QBs are thin. That goes for any position of need for any team. Now if a team wants to trade up to get him; it's going to "cost" them a lot, depending on their initial draft position and if other teams are interested. The team that is trading out of that position will want to be compensated handsomely first; and fairly second and I guarantee you that fairly means staying as close as possible to the draft pick value chart.
We can all agree on the obvious that the draft pick value chart is a guideline. But to perceive it as
stupid, I wouldn’t go that far. Guidelines give people an idea of parameters or boundaries. They can be crossed based on scenarios, but you won’t go too far over them. The last person that did that was Mike Ditka, and we all know how that worked out for him.