Says who, the draft chart that Jimmy made up. Again because the chart says so, this is what you do. A coach/GM isn't smart enough to decide by themselves what is better for the team in the long run? You are talking players with equal value, not players with a huge gap.
Well I like Benson, Brown and Williams and have them all rated the same so I really don't care which I get, oh wait a team wants to offer me a 2nd round pick to drop a few spots and still be able to have one of my equal value players. Let's see what the chart says, oops nope the chart says no way, guess I can't do it. Man and I really liked xxx player that I could have gotten with that 2nd round pick.
Sorry I don't see it. If they are set on somebody like Smith and they know if they trade down they will not get him or somebody with equal value to the team then yes I see the pick having value to the team, but if your trading down and getting what you want anyway then I say the more picks the better.
This goes the same for what Rodgers is going through right now, the rules say he should be paid a percentage more then last years #1, so now he's offered less then that and says "no that is not aceptable, the rules say I should be getting x% more." Now he drops dow to at least 5 if not further and loses millions of dollars, but that is ok because he stuck to the rules.
Maybe I am a sucker but if I had to chose to take exactly what the #1 pick got last year and what the #5 pick will get this year, I am swallowing my pride and counting the extra millions in my bank account, I would then make them pay when it was time to renegotiate.
Rules and charts are there for guidelines not to follow to the letter.
