Somehow, some way, the Houston Texans managed to choke away the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft in the waning moments of their Week 18 win in Indianapolis. Now, thanks to the Texans’ win, the Chicago Bears stepped into that coveted spot with their loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
There is recent precedent, of course, for teams trading back out of the No. 1 overall pick. Back in 2016, the Tennessee Titansthe top pick to the Los Angeles Rams, who went on to draft quarterback Jared Goff. In addition to the first pick, the Titans traded their fourth- and sixth-round selections to Los Angeles. In return, the Rams gave up their first-round pick, two seconds, and a third in that year’s draft along with their first- and third-round selections for the following year.
Now, any team looking to make that trade up could opt to trade Chicago a starting-caliber player rather than losing some of those later picks. Take the Colts, for example, a quarterback-needy team who could offer guard Quenton Nelson—filling one of the Bears’ big needs—along with those two firsts and two seconds and in lieu of losing picks in the later rounds. The Panthers, another team in need of quarterback help, could offer up a receiver like D.J. Moore or Terrace Marshall Jr.
Would it be worth it to trade up for any QB? I like Bryce Young. Not enough to move up in a massive trade.
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Colts make a ton of sense. Can still be top 4 and odds are at least two QBs so land Carter or Anderson.
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