Trade up for a NT?

Thoughts on trading up for A'Shawn Robinson, the NT/DT from Bama? He looks to go somewhere in the teens. If he is still available after pick 15, what about trading our 1st and 3rd to move up and get someone's 1st and 4th round picks. I like some of the other NTs as well, but Robinson would likely be the best and able to stay on the field during passing downs.

 

no

 

I would only trade up for Ramsey. Or maybe Bosa, assuming one would drastically fall. Too many options along the DL to trade up for a DT.

 

You dont move up to the teens from the mid twenties with a late 3rd round pick, NT isnt as valuable position as it was say 10 years ago when teams ran the ball more, we know where our weakness is, and thats in the secondary, we need all our picks in this draft and trading picks away isnt where we need to go, as well I dont think robinson will be drafted in the first round....

 

I'm still not convinced Robinson is going as high as a lot of people are saying. I think there's a very realistic chance he falls within the 22-27 range.

 

Some analysts dont see him going in the first round:

From Rotoworld
NFL Media analyst Chad Reuters opinion from earlier this week that while he could use his physical gifts against hapless collegiate linemen, the 6-foot-4, 307-pound Alabama product "plays too upright," a tendency that would hurt him at the next level. Breitenbach ended his Robinson rundown with a bold assertion: "Considering the depth at defensive line in this draft, it wouldn’t be a total shock to see Robinson fall further than the third round."

 

I too dont think Robinson goes that high but we cant afford to take a NT with our first round pick anyway because of our red alert status at cornerback.

 

There are only two DT worth the pick at 25 (that we could reasonably land) and its Rankins and Billings. I wouldn't hate taking either of those two guys at that spot... It seems like Alexander and Jackson are the two corners we are interested in and Bell and Neal seem like second round guys, and those are the safeties we seem to be most interested in. Those are the only three positions I see us going for in the first round

 

Alexander had no interceptions last year. None.

 

the best dt/cb available will be the pick

 

Well alot of that is teams stayed away from him. That's easy to do in college

 

The Steelers would never do this deal, they could stay at #25 and draft Billings.

 

We have to address too many other areas; no way we trade up.

 

Or better yet Rankins

 

http://walterfootball.com/draft2016_1.php

They have Robinson falling to us at 25 and us taking him.

 

You can look at 20 different draft predictions and get 20 different players at 25, nobody knows, thats what makes the draft exciting, 2 or 3 trades can change the whole draft, already with the rams trading up has changed the draft and I expect at least two or three more trades in the first round will happen in the lead up and during this draft, truth is you could do better at the crap tables than you can in finding out who we will draft.........

 

I don't think we should take a NT in the 1st. ever again . We are in sub package Football so much I see no need to draft a part time player in the 1st. round.

 

He looks good and against running Teams then I would say yes he is worth the pick.The problem is most Teams are not run 1st. Teams so he would only be on the field like 50 % of the time ..

 

You know how valuable a NT is who makes it 3rd and long instead of 3rd and short? Even if he comes off the field on 3rd and long.

 

Very valuable , but more and more Teams are using the quick passing game as the run game instead of running up the middle . I don't think it is smart to draft a position that can basically be schemed off the field .