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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 476181" data-attributes="member: 4199">Trading up is different.  That identifying a player you like and getting him because you can.  It fills a need but that isn't the same as "drafting for need." As far as "no one else on the roster," I disagree.  We would have been hurting now with injuries, but we would have survived just fine with Shields, House, and Tramon as our three corners in nickel.  And then there's Jordy Nelson and Aaron Rodgers.  Two picks we didn't need at the time. I'm not going to say that need doesn't factor into his picks, but it isn't the main driver.  He takes players in roughly the right place according to draft experts and others.  For example, as much as the Neal pick drove people nuts at the time as a 'reach,' the NFL Network (correct network?) snafu that showed the Cowboy's draft board showed that at worst Green Bay picked him at the correct spot.  At best, the Cowboys were ready to draft him with their up coming pick.</blockquote>

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