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My draft with tons of trades


Disclaimer, I have no idea whether Mallet is worth a 6th rounder or a 2nd right now to another GM, or no trade happens, so its not meant to say this is on the table, but most of my other trades are all VERY realistic, so here goes my draft!

Trades to get these pics are listed below the draft.

1. Pick 20, The New England Patriots are on the Clock, with the 20th pick of the first round the New England Patriots have selected Xavier Su'a-filo G/OT/OC UCLA.

2. Pick 29, The New England Patriots are on the Clock, with the 29th pick of the first round the New England Patriots have selected Donte Moncrief, WR Ole Miss.

3. Pick 33, The New England Patriots are on the clock, with the 33rd pick of the 2014 draft and 1st pick of the 2nd round the New England Patriots have selected Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE Washington.

4. Pick 62, The New England Patriots are on the clock, with the 62nd pick of the 2014 draft and 30th pick of the 2nd round the New England Patriots have selected Jeremiah Attaochu, DE/OLB Georgia Tech.

5. Pick 83, The New England Patriots are on the clock, with the 83rd pick of the 2014 draft, and 19th pick of the 3rd round the New England Patriots have selected Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame(if N/A then Sutton or Easley)

6. Pick 140 Comp Pick, The New England Patriots are on the clock, with the 140th pick of the 2014 draft, and 40th pick of the 4th round the New England Patriots have selected Travis Swanson, C, Arkansas(if N/A then Tyler Larson, etc) This assumes W. Richburg is not available.

7. Pick 166, The New England Patriots are on the Clock, with the 140th pick of the 2014 draft, and the 26th pick of the 5th round the New England Patriots have selected Dri Archer, WR/RB, Kent State

8. Pick 203, The New England Patriots are on the Clock, with the 203rd pick of the 2014 draft , and the 27th pick of the 6th round the New England Patriots have selected Tyler Gaffney, RB, Stanford

9. Pick 244, The New England Patriots are on the Clock, with the 244th pick of the 2014 draft, and the 29th pick of the 7th and final round, the New England Patriots have selected Colt Lyerla*, TE, Oregon

Trades:

A()Trade Mallet and future 6th to Houston for 33rd pick, they start to realize there is going to be an early run on QBs, they like Mallet who has better arm then most of these guys and just do it.

B()They trade a future 4th rounder and a 6th rounder this year for another 4th rounder this year from Cleveland, Cleveland is building for the future and now, so 6th pick of 4th round or 106th pick.

C()They trade the 33rd pick and our regular 4th rounder to Cleveland for the 26th pick in 1st round. Its about right, we traded our 4th rounder to move up 6 spots to 25th in 2012 draft, the lower you are the more spots you can move up with a similar pick

D()Trade our other 4th round pick(besides non trade able comp pick in 4th) and our other 6th rounder to move up into 3rd round with Cleveland getting their 19th pick of 3rd round or 83rd pick.

E()Trade our original 3rd rounder late and our 1st rounder at 26th from Cleveland to Arizona for the 20th pick in 1st round.

F()Trade Alfonzo Dennard and a future 5th rounder for the 33rd pick back from Cleveland(Cleveland feels like they got a 1st to 2nd round CB talent, they still have their other high 2nd round pick, and get a future pick to boot taking the New England like approach. Plus, the 20s wiped out most of the quality DBs/CBs

G() Trade Dan Connolly for 166th pick/26th pick in 5th round and 203rd pick/27th pick in 6th round to Indy, plus a 4th rounder next year, protecting Luck and avoiding using scarce picks higher for a 2nd O line, after likely taking one O line already at C.

While it would likely be hard to swing some of the trades at the exact spot, most of them could realistically be done by someone in similar position. This is my draft. Let me know what you think. I really liked it, and guys lined up well, but obviously it can always be better.

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