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Originally Posted by papabear
Theoretically, the more options you have when your pick comes up the better so being at the top of the draft order is a good thing. We wouldn't have Mario right now if we didn't have the first pick a few years ago, but we really didn't know what we had then...and most "experts" thought we were crazy. Hindsight makes that decision look easy now. I was someone who wanted Mario over Reggie well before the draft, but no one knew how it would all turn out. Being farther back in the draft gives you a lower financial risk with just as good a chance of finding a special player IMO.
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Well if we knew back then what we know now, we would have cut David Carr in 2006, drafted Jay Cutler and lived happily ever after.
But regarding the value of Draft picks, its arguable that the least valuable pick in the Draft is the #1 because its so expensive cap-wise. But after the #1 (and maybe #2 and #3 for the same reason), most agree that the higher the Draft pick the more valuable. But I really think the trade value of Draft picks are more a function of the individual players in any given draft and the needs of the teams in that Draft.