From some website named isportstimes.com.
First part of the article talks about how SF wants to trade down from #2 overall and how CLE wants to trade up from #12 overall. They have the draft picks over the next 2 years to do it.
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Meanwhile, Indianapolis is also rumored to be willing to go down the draft board and re-stock on young players. This year's draft is deep in talent and having extra picks is definitely an advantage for rebuilding teams like the Colts.
The Colts are rumored to be in talks of a potential deal with their AFC rivals, Miami Dolphins, who owns the 22nd overall pick in the draft. The team is said to be offering the 15th overall selection in exchange for multiple picks with also the intention of getting as many young players as possible in this year's draft.
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MIA is an interesting trade partner only because they have very few mid-round picks to give up in order to move up. They have 1 2nd rounder, 1 3rd rounder, ZERO 4th round picks but then 3 5th round picks and 2 7th round picks.
Pretty much reality is that they have to involve their 2nd round pick this year as part of the trade (or else a future high round pick or a player) in order to move up because the combined value of ALL the rest of their 2017 draft picks 3rd round and below (177 points) is FAR less than is needed to make the move from 1-22 to 1-15 (270 points).
The one trade scenario that I can come up with for 2017 draft picks only is:
MIA gives us: 1,269.4 points
1-22 (#22 overall; 780 points)
2-22 (#54 overall; 360 points)
3-33 (#97 overall; 112 points)
5-40 (#184 overall; 17.4 points)
IND gives them: 1,267.8 points
1-15 (#15 overall; 1,050 points)
3-16 (#80 overall; 190 points)
5-14 (#158 overall; 27.8 points)
So, we slide back in the 1st round (7 spots), 3rd round (17 spots) and 5th round (26 spots) while gaining an additional 2nd round pick (#54 overall).
Nothing else really works without them giving us future year picks or a player.
Having three picks in the top #54 (#22, #46, #54) would allow us to find someone at all three critical positions of need on the defense (CB, OLB, ILB) with kids talented enough to start from day one.
Would you do it if it meant losing out on Foster, Riddick, Garcon or White?
Cheers,