Tag: draft trade

Twitter reacts to Bears trading to draft Tulsa DE Trevis Gipson

The Bears selected pass rusher Trevis Gipson with the 155th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

It was only a matter of time before Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace needed to make a trade in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Bears traded into the fifth round to select Tulsa edge rusher Trevis Gipson with the 155th overall pick.

Gipson totaled eight sacks in his final college season and provides depth behind outside linebackers Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn. The Bears traded their 2021 fourth-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings in order to select Gipson.

Fans across Twitter shared their thoughts on Gipson and the Bears decision to make a trade in this year’s draft.

The Bears have four more picks left in the 2020 NFL Draft — two in both the sixth and seventh rounds.

What are your thoughts on the Bears trading into the fifth to draft Gipson?

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Grading the Colts’ draft trade with the Lions

Grading the trade back with the Lions.

After moving up in the early second round, the Indianapolis Colts moved down in the third round. While on the clock at pick 75, the Colts made a trade with the Detroit Lions.

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Indianapolis moved back 10 spots to pick 85 and were also able to pick up picks 149 and 182. The Colts also sent their sixth-round pick (197) in the deal as well.

Ballard stressed wanting more picks and after moving up in the second round and losing a fifth-round pick, he was able to land an extra pick in this trade. Moving down 10 spots he was able to grab an additional fifth round pick while moving up in the sixth round..

Looking at Draft Tek the two Colts’ picks that were sent in the trade had a pick value of 226 points based on their charts. The three picks the Lions gave up had a total value of 213 points so while according to this chart the Colts “lost” the trade, I’d say Indianapolis made out well. They only moved down 10 spots and added an additional late-round pick that they lost in the trade-up with the Browns earlier. 

Grade: B

Report: Cowboys ‘love’ Michigan C Cesar Ruiz; is he Frederick’s replacement?

Cesar Ruiz is a top interior offensive lineman in the 2020 draft class; Dallas may try to get him the way they got Travis Frederick in 2013.

Everyone thinks they know what the Dallas Cowboys need. But past drafts have proven that almost no one ever knows what the owner of the Dallas Cowboys will actually do once he’s on the clock.

2013 is a prime example. Dallas held the 18th overall selection. But when the time came to make a pick, the Cowboys made a trade instead. They gave the 18th pick to the defending NFC champion 49ers, who took safety Eric Reid. The Cowboys slid to 31st with an extra third-round selection in their back pocket.

They used their late first-round pick on center Travis Frederick. With Frederick now retired from football and the Cowboys holding the 17th pick in this year’s draft, Sports Illustrated‘s Peter King says that the Cowboys may be looking at using a similar strategy to nab his long-range replacement.

From King’s “Football Morning in America” column this Monday:

“[The 17th pick]’s too high for a center,” said one personnel wag, “but they love the Michigan center (Cesar Ruiz), and they could trade down a few spots and still be sure of getting him.” Interesting: a plug-and-play heir to Travis Frederick.

Ruiz is universally considered one of the best interior offensive linemen in the Class of 2020. As King notes, taking him with the 17th pick would be seen as a reach. But so was taking Frederick in the first round in 2013.

But Frederick was named the starter on the first day of OTAs, started every game as a rookie, and made the All-Rookie team. Oh, and the club got wide receiver Terrance Williams out of that draft-day deal, too.

Joe Looney looks to be the man in the middle with Frederick now gone (Adam Redmond and Connor McGovern are still there, too). But at nearly 6-foot-3, over 300 pounds, and not even 21 years old, many believe that Ruiz has “elite” status written all over him and could develop into one of the best centers in the game.

Frederick went to five Pro Bowls in the five seasons he played. It’s safe to say that trading back and over-reaching for the player the team wanted clearly worked out well. If Dallas could find a partner club to swap picks with, snagging Ruiz late in the first and picking up an extra selection later might be worth passing on the defensive back or wide receiver that so many in Cowboys Nation are clamoring for.

If Cesar Ruiz turns into a fraction of the player Travis Frederick was, it would be a absolute steal.