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caneaddict said:Not so fast. The big difference here is that smokescreens are used to alter someones thinking of your true intentions which will then allow you some advantage. The problem here is teams rarely use a smokescreen of moving UP. Sometimes teams will use a smokescrean that they intend to move DOWN and let someone else come in a and take someone you want (e.g. what happened to the Fins last year). But it makes no sense to use smokescreens about moving UP. How does that possibly benefit TB?
I agree with you man but I do see how a smokescreen could work in moving up --
Say we were sold on Ronnie Brown and most likely he would be available at 5 if we traded down with Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay want a QB, right? Then they draft Ronnie and BAM Ronnie is gone. Miami most likely wouldn't have traded down knowing that Ronnie would go at 2.
I'm just using that situation as an example and given, it would be an incredibly rare occurence where a player would be worth trading numerous picks for by one team yet still worth trading down by another team.