In two drafts as general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Trent Baalke has negotiated just three trades. One was a jump six spots up the draft order last year to pick a second time in the first round and snag linebacker Devin Lloyd.
“I’m not going to divulge the board, but obviously this was a draft where there was a certain number of guys that we had graded above the line and we were getting to the point where we needed to make a move,” Baalke explained last year after making the trade for Lloyd, via Jaguar Report.
This year, a trade seems less likely. With almost all of the Jaguars’ starting lineup from 2022 returning for the 2023 season, the focus of the offseason has been on patiently accruing young talent rather than swinging for the fences.
“I don’t know that we’re going to be big movers and try to trade way up in the draft,” Baalke said in February at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. “Will we move a little bit? We could, but it really depends on how the board gets stacked.”
It would probably take a special player sliding into the Jaguars’ reach for a trade to happen. Here are three prospects from the 2023 NFL Draft who could entice Baalke to make a deal after all: