With this draft and this amount of needs, the prototype Pats-trade-down-out-of-R1 would be ideal. I doubt #27 would fetch a '24 1st, but perhaps #27 to Carolina for #39, #93, and #145 would be a realistic template. I'd jump at that.
A swap is too hypothetical (silly) to even consider. Mahomes simply executes on another level than Allen - his accuracy, consistency, creativity, reads, progressions, touch, and under pressure.
Defense and defense is likely with this crew. Then you’ll get your OL or WR in round 3. Actually no, they’ll trade up at some point and waste the R3. You’ll get your OL or WR in round 4.
As long as the Bills have Allen, they'll be entertaining to watch - including both his feats of athleticism and mental/physical implosions. Having Allen doesn't mean they'll always be contenders despite the team around him.
True. Hopkins lost a step. He doesn’t run precise routes. But he overcomes that with some of the best hands in the game. More significantly, those hands could offset Allen’s wayward throws.
Allen is no more in a “legacy competition” than Herbert, Jackson, Lawrence, etc. How exactly has Allen ascended into a “legacy competition”? He hasn’t accomplished anything. Give me a break.
AZ 98.7 speculates Ossenfort won't settle for a 3rd round pick for Hopkins, in part, because it's his first trade. But teams know it's a necessary salary dump and aren't meeting the asking price. Only leverage Cardinals have is to wait.
The point is what Arizona would accept. Posters want Arizona to want Oliver and a late pick. They don’t. It’ll likely take a 2nd round pick plus some kind of later pick swap. And the obvious hang up is his contract both in terms of a re-structuring for a trade partner and the dead cap Arizona is forced to eat.
Arizona is in a re-set year with new management and Murray an unknown. They’re trying to clean up their cap too. They have zero interest in Oliver as essentially a one-year player. They’re taking DL at pick 3 in the draft.