trading draft values.

[Bill]

I've never paid any attention to trade values in mock or real drafts.  But How much do you all think trade values, weather trading up or down, will be effected by the lack of pro days and or physicals for those who have health concerns.  What in a normal year trading my 2nd rd pick would get this.  Are those picks going to be valued more or less because of lack of information?  Are teams going to use the same value system as in past years?

[AZ54]

2 hours ago, Bill said:

I've never paid any attention to trade values in mock or real drafts.  But How much do you all think trade values, weather trading up or down, will be effected by the lack of pro days and or physicals for those who have health concerns.  What in a normal year trading my 2nd rd pick would get this.  Are those picks going to be valued more or less because of lack of information?  Are teams going to use the same value system as in past years?

The value system is and always will be just a baseline reference tool.  Teams (not all) have always gone outside that to make deals if they felt it was in their best interest.  See Herschel Walked trade, Ditka trades entire draft for a RB, etc.  That brings me to your question...where will teams land in the value department.  I think without the followup medical info and with the potential lack of OTAs teams will definitely be willing to put more chips on the table to get the sure thing.  

[adam]

14 hours ago, Bill said:

I've never paid any attention to trade values in mock or real drafts.  But How much do you all think trade values, weather trading up or down, will be effected by the lack of pro days and or physicals for those who have health concerns.  What in a normal year trading my 2nd rd pick would get this.  Are those picks going to be valued more or less because of lack of information?  Are teams going to use the same value system as in past years?

I don't know if the values will be much different because everyone is going through the same situation. However, I think their reasoning for trades may be altered. On one hand, teams may be reluctant to trade based on everything you have said plus the potential for a reduced offseason schedule and potential impact to the season (reduced regular season, etc). Why trade up for a player, then get less out of him? On the other hand, teams may be more willing to trade away this year's picks for future picks believing the current season may be at risk. So it will definitely be an interesting draft, something we will more than likely never see again in our lifetime (hopefully). I could see a lot of project players dropping, no one can afford to have a new guy who is going to take some time to develop come in under less than ideal circumstances, so those guys will tumble.