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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1097746" data-attributes="member: 13032">The risk that the team trading away a 1st round pick performs badly, making that pick much more valuable, seems unlikley - but yes it could happen.  Just my opinion, but teams should not knowingly trade away a top 10-15 pick.  Well unless the team is the Bears just dying to get Mitch Trubisky, or the Niners just dying to get Trey Lance.  Just risky trading such high-value picks.I think this happened to the Rams in the trade with Detroit for Stafford.  The Rams won a SB once they had Stafford.  For some reason(s) I don't recall, the Rams tanked after the SB win and the picks they traded to get Stafford became very valuable.I'm working off memory here, so please let me know what I got wrong.  Detroit ended up with at least 2 first round picks that were top 10 to top 20.  I'm pretty sure that's when they selected RB Gibbs at #12, and they may have used a pick for La Porta as well.The point is that LA's picks traded for Stafford became way more valuable than most people thought.  Detroit capitalized and used the picks wisely.But don't shed any tears for LA. Stafford led them to a SB win after all.  Whatever the price, it's worth it if a team gets a Lombardi from a deal.  All that said, Goff found his mojo in Detroit and played his best football with the Lions.</blockquote>

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