Will a team jump into the top five for a QB? Could others get in position for a WR or OT? And what about deals for more draft capital?
Field Yates is a fantasy football expert and NFL draft analyst for ESPN. You can find him on Fantasy Football Now on Sunday mornings and regularly on NFL Live throughout the week, as well as the Fantasy Focus and First Draft podcasts. A graduate of Wesleyan University and native of Weston, Mass., Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs.
Interestingly, only three times in the common draft era has a team traded into the top five for a QB on draft day, most recently the Bears forin 2017, per ESPN Stats & Information. And New York currently has six picks total this year, tied for the second fewest in the league. That being said, Denver figures to at least explore the possibility of moving up to snag a signal-caller, absent the team feeling strongly that Stidham can be its starter. And again, picks Nos. 3, 4, 5 and maybe 7 could be in play.Another team that has addressed the possibility of a move up publicly, the Raiders have all sorts of options on the table.
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