Steelers’ Omar Khan doesn’t anticipate trading down in 2024 NFL Draft: ‘Never trade away from a good player’
If everyone picked where they were slated to, the NFL Draft wouldn't be the spectacle that it has become. The moving and shaking of the draft board is what makes things exciting and unpredictable. And while Pittsburgh Steelers GM Omar is far from opposed to trading his slated first round pick (see Broderick Jones last […]
If everyone picked where they were slated to, the NFL Draft wouldn't be the spectacle that it has become.
The moving and shaking of the draft board is what makes things exciting and unpredictable.
And while Pittsburgh Steelers GM Omar is far from opposed to trading his slated first round pick (see Broderick Jones last year), it typically is one direction:
Steelers Unlikely To Trade Down
“In my opinion, you never trade away from a good player," Steelers GM Omar Khan said at the team's pre-draft press conference. "But obviously, if there‘s ever a scenario where it makes sense for both sides, it’s something we will look at, we’ll listen.”
The argument for trading down is that if your board is clear of true first-round graded prospects, then "sticking and picking" as opposed to trading down and acquiring extra draft capital is a "poor process."
But as Khan and Tomlin also stated today, the team has 20 players they view as being worthy of the 20th overall selection. The likelihood that even 15 of them are gone by the time they're on the clock, isn't very high.
The other thing to consider here is that this draft is different from most. Here's a little secret…
The class isn't very good, or at least, not in totality.
That's not my opinion, that's the consensus belief around experienced media members and a variety of league sources. The breadth of talent in the draft simply isn't what we expect on a year-in, year-out basis.
Even WR, (arguably the deepest position in the class) falls off a cliff come late round two.
But where the draft is also unique, is the high-end talent…
Six QBs could go in the first round, there are three WRS that would each be the best in any other class, five tackles worthy of top 15 grades, and a handful of defenders with All-Pro potential.
So unless Pittsburgh could package a deal that turns one top-40 pick (20th overall) into three, I wouldn't even bother picking up the phone if I was GM Omar Khan.
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