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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 475603" data-attributes="member: 4300">A lot has been written on this forum about BPA. I’ve emphasized the idea of talent tiers in the draft and IMO there’s a lot of evidence Thompson adheres to that principle and IMO does so as much or more than any other GM. Again just my opinion but trading up or down is evidence of that. Clearly when a GM trades up in the draft he’s trading up for BPA and when he trades down he’s recognizing there’s a pool of relatively equal talent – not one stand out that fits his team’s needs – and the GM wants to get two picks in that pool or get more in the next. Of course a team’s current roster plays into how the draft board is constructed. For example, it would be idiotic for any team to engineer a massive trade up for a franchise QB if they already have one. But in the upcoming draft in the first round if there’s a NT-type that has a grade at the top of the current tier – or at the bottom of the “upper” tier I’ll bet Thompson pulls the trigger on it. Thompson has said more than once, ’God only makes so many talented big men’. Please explain. To find a substantive comment by Ted Thompson on anything is difficult enough, to find one of him expressing regret would be a real find. I’m interested in the evidence you are basing this opinion on. Thompson traded up 3 times in the last draft. He traded picks #59 and #123 for #51 and selected Worthy. He then traded #90 and #163 for #62 and picked Hayward. His last trade-up was using one sixth rounder and two seventh rounders to get his original 5th rounder back to select Terrell Manning.  Thompson had two comp picks at the end of the seventh round so he didn’t hurt himself at all IMO by trading up for Manning. While Manning hasn’t contributed much, we’ve learned he had a debilitating illness during TC that set him back. We’ll see what he can do next season - I can’t see a reason to be disappointed in the Manning trade-up at this point.  If the Casey Hayward pick doesn’t qualify as a grand slam home run at this point, it certainly looks like a three-run homer. It’s early but Thompson has to be elated about that trade-up, doesn’t he?  Jerel Worthy was the most expensive trade-up and he has not provided the consistent inside pass rush we all – and Thompson – were hoping for when that trade-up occurred. But he’s surprised (at least me) by playing the run as well as he has. While he’s provided quality depth on the DL, I expect more pass rush from him and we could very well see it next season. Thompson used fourth round pick #123 to trade up 8 spots to take Worthy. But Thompson had two comp picks after the fourth round and picked Daniels and McMillian 9 and 10 spots after pick #123 he had traded away. IMO it’s likely those two players were on the same talent tier as the players they would have considered at #123. IOW, I don’t think Thompson has any reason to “hate himself” for trading up in the last draft. </blockquote>

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