NFL Draft 2017: Draft pick trade value chart shows how teams can move around
By Matt Conner
In case you need to know what teams use to determine trade value, we’ve got your draft trade value chart here.
The NFL Draft is almost here and mock drafts continue to float who the Kansas City Chiefs could take at No. 27 overall. However, if you watched the draft even just 12 months ago, you’ll know that the chances of general manager John Dorsey just sitting there and waiting for things to come his way is just as likely as him moving in one direction or the other.
With 10 tradable picks in this year’s draft, the Chiefs have plenty of ammunition to move around as they please in the draft, if they want to land a particular player of interest. Sometimes it can be hard to understand the cost of some of the reported trades, however. Why does it cost so much more for teams to move up near the top of the first than it does the middle? The cost seems exponentially higher rather than proportionally so, which makes the entire affair hard to understand.
Just last year, the Chiefs moved down in the draft and out of the first round entirely in order to pick up some picks from the San Francisco 49ers. At the time, it would have been handy to have the chart below to show exactly how the Chiefs arrived at the cost to move down. The trade looked like this:
San Francisco receives: No. 28 overall (1st round), No. 249 overall (7th)
Kansas City receives: No. 37 overall (2nd), No. 105 (4th), No. 178 (6th)
On the chart below, the difference between No. 28 and No. 37 is just over 8 total points. Adding two picks in No. 105 and No. 178 equals nearly 7 total points. In total points, the Niners came out ahead, but looking now at the trade, it’s clear that such small bits of points matter little if both sides feel good about the deal.
The reality is that Dorsey likely feels very good about landing an impact defensive lineman in Chris Jones along with a starting left guard in Parker Ehinger and an extra corner in D.J. White for the inconvenience of waiting 9 picks (and one day) later.
For your help while watching the draft unfold, here’s the NFL draft value chart (h/t to Pats Pulpit).
