Sure, I get it. You can rationalize it any way you want but we traded up to get him. Falling means a team stayed in their spot and picked a player. Ed Oliver fell to the Bills.
There are AFL and NFL records before the merger...there are records based on a 14 game season and 16 game season. Now 17...does it really matter? One more regular season game and fewer preseason. I don't see a big problem