I will take a stab at this one.
maybe one interesting discussion for all the draft-oriented folks is what do you do in this scenario:
1) Trotter is the LB you want
2) you agree with the consensus BB he is 61
3) you have 46 and 77 picks
4) no takers on trades?
i think every draft nick says Trotter is a reach but the alternative is you don't get who you evaluate as the fit.
First, I am not buying the narrative that there were no willing trade partners. There were trades all up and down the draft board. They could have made a trade if they really wanted one.
Now that being said, if Trotter absolutely is the LB I want, then I am probably drafting him regardless of where he is rated.......but I also am going to try like hell to unload that 46 pick for something in the 50s and see if I can get another pick coupled with it so that its not such a rated-risk reach. Ideally I would be looking heavily at 55 and maybe a 120-something for close value to the 46 pick. I refuse to believe that deal could not be made.
But if all else fails and there truly are no takers, and he is the guy I have my heart set on (even though he is poor value at that pick number), then I follow Licht and Bowles philosophy and take him but I cuss under my breath because I have to make that pick.
Just has to let the colts trade up for Allen. It isn't a magic wand but it's reasonable to assume they could have made a deal and traded back and still got Trotter
and if they did it's an okay pick? Like EMD says, at 55 for example no cussing?