Knixkik wrote:This is why you never ever trade down. I would not have been disappointed with any of the guys who fell to us at #4. I would have only been disappointed if we made a serious reach, or traded down so we didn't have to reach. You never trade down if you are a bad team. Bad teams need to give themselves the best possible chance of acquiring a future star, and trading down decreases those chances. Not worth the extra role player or future draft pick, or whatever extra compensation you can acquire. You want to add as much top-tier talent as you can. The exception being if you are already a good team with foundation players, and most teams drafting in the high lottery are not that, unless they acquired the pick in a previous trade. I liked Kaminsky, but only if we somehow managed to get him in addition to our 4th pick.

Agree 100% and said it at the time when Hahn was getting moist with the idea of trading down and drafting Stein. At least he didn't feel the same about Kaminsky