Will Licht’s Eagles Ties Play A Role?
May 5th, 2014
Apparently, cutting DeSean Jackson and another lost season by Arrelious Benn have left the Eagles eager and hungry to trade up in the NFL Draft for a blue chip wide receiver.
That’s the word from fight-instigating, barista-training, pedestrian-bumping, olive oil-lapping, popcorn-munching, coffee-slurping, fried-chicken-eating, oatmeal-loving, circle-jerking, beer-chugging, cricket-watching, scone-loathing, college football-naïve, baseball box score-reading Peter King of SI.com fame.
Via his Monday column, King claims Eagles general manager Howie Roseman already is working the phones hard to trade up to at least the middle of the first round. The Eagles have the 22nd overall pick.
Now Bucs general manager Jason Licht worked alongside Roseman in the Eagles front office. Perhaps there’s a level of trust there that could lead to a draft-day deal?
That’s one potential bonus to having a GM like Licht, who has worked for various teams. He’s got plenty of relationships, and those often lead to fair exchanges — or at least seemingly fair deals.
The Bucs could possibly trade down with the Steelers (No. 15 overall) to amass extra draft picks, as has been discussed on NFL Network. And in that scenario, the Bucs could still move that No. 15 pick to the Eagles for even more picks.
Joe surely would smile with the Bucs ending up with the Eagles’ pick at No. 22 in the first round, and adding the Steelers’ second- and fifth-round picks, plus the Eagles’ third- and fourth-round picks, in addition to Tampa Bay’s own second- and third-round selections.
A bounty like that could fill a hell of a lot of holes and drive up quality competition throughout the roster. A haul like that could net the Bucs a new quarterback, two new offensive linemen and two rookie receivers through the first three rounds. That would be quite a boost to the offense.
May 5th, 2014 at 9:06 am
Like your thinking on this one Joe. I’m in on that !
May 5th, 2014 at 9:08 am
Double trade back? We can only dream….
May 5th, 2014 at 9:21 am
great article joe keep it up!!! BIG FAN
May 5th, 2014 at 9:21 am
That would be a pretty solid exchange and it would it would make Friday and Saturday more interesting for us. Was kind of looking forward to checking out the Bucs pick and then getting to bed early so I can get up early for work but if we have some wheeling and dealing like that I’d be pretty happy with giving up a little sleep to see who we snag at 15 or 22.
May 5th, 2014 at 9:54 am
Yes! Do this. Lots of picks = higher chance of finding gems like David.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:10 am
@everyone i had a dream last night we drafted sammy watkins lol
May 5th, 2014 at 10:11 am
Even with moving back to 22 the Bucs would still be in play for a name like Brandin Cooks, Marqise Lee, or Cody Latimer if they choose to go that route. Trading back in any capacity would make me a very happy camper.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:15 am
If we can’t get Manziel, Clowney, etc, then I like the Pittsburgh Defensive Tackle the best. We might be able to nail him later in round 1, so if we can trade down a little, I say go for it.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:34 am
But Joe, after wearing some of us down with the Johnny Football to the Bucs storyline enough to fall-in-line and want him too, how do you “smile” at this scenario, like you would at a sister rather than how you would for Rachel Watson?
Great question! This scenario isn’t Joe’s first choice, but it’s still damn good. Joe just wants the Bucs to win. –Joe
May 5th, 2014 at 10:45 am
@BucsfaninChina
Big name does not equal big time player. Latimer is a reach in the 1st and Allen Robinson is better than any of the guys you named anyway.
If we trade back it makes sense to take the top player at our biggest position of need – G Xavier Su’a Filo. WRs are easy to find in this draft but XSF is the only 1st round caliber interior lineman.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:48 am
Sounds good to me
May 5th, 2014 at 10:55 am
If the Bucs could do this to land Carr / Manziel / Bridgewater at #22 and then turn around and move Glennon for a third round pick, we could be looking at five or six players in the first three rounds, which would bolster depth for sure.
We could potentially see a scenario where the Bucs trade down twice and grab a QB, two wideouts, a guard and a defensive player all in the first three rounds. Unlikely, yes, but not impossible.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:57 am
At this point you could trade back and still get one of the top 4 QB’s. If Johnny Football is gone at 7 then trade back like crazy.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:59 am
May 5th, 2014 at 11:02 am
“1st round interior lineman” is an oxymoron. Plenty of playmakers to be had in the first while being able to address the position later, even with linemen that can be moved to guard.
Regarding Latimer, go to Draft Breakdown, watch the Illinois U – Penn State game, then tell me which receiever you’d rather have.
May 5th, 2014 at 11:16 am
Would love it if this happened. More picks…yes please.
May 5th, 2014 at 11:18 am
Yeah let’s keep trading back until we have tons of picks but we’re completely out of range of the blue chip players. That’s the way to build a winner.
May 5th, 2014 at 11:58 am
If JFF, Robinson, and Watkins are gone then go for it!
May 5th, 2014 at 12:37 pm
I don’t how trading down is going to get us Johnny Football. If we don’t get a quarterback this will be a wasted season.
May 5th, 2014 at 12:49 pm
Great teams are built through the draft and you can’t build through the draft if you don’t have picks.
May 5th, 2014 at 12:52 pm
Awesome strategy: keep trading down and down and down until we end up with 262 seventh round picks. Super Bowl bound, baby! Woo hoo!
May 5th, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Pulling a Patriot huh? The true BB way would be to then trade the 22nd pick for a 1st next year plus another 2 this year.
May 5th, 2014 at 1:28 pm
That would be my favorite- of all senarios presented thus far.
This draft looks to be deep, ut not really top heavy. Some of the third round guys are really close,talent wise, to the top guy.
Especially at QB and WR- two of our top needs.
Trading back twice would be brilliant- and cement our new GC as a genius.
May 5th, 2014 at 2:38 pm
I’m good with this scenario.
Hacksaw Jack tonight !!!
May 5th, 2014 at 2:42 pm
I don’t want fair deals I want to screw the rest of the league.
May 5th, 2014 at 3:18 pm
And a big phhhhshhhhh comes out as joe stands up from manziels lap
May 5th, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Now, this is the most sensible scenario I’ve seen on these pages give the Bucs’ needs and their current list of “lacks.” As Joe writes, a QB, two OL, and two WR would make things pretty awesome come OTAs and camp.
May 5th, 2014 at 5:58 pm
This is why I took Friday off work!