DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk NFL Draft 2026 DO WE STAY AT #6?

Do we stay at Number 6 or trade down? What if Tate and Downs are both available who do we take, or do we still trade down?

I am in the middle of a live mock draft with other posters from different teams on another site that usually takes about 10 days to complete. In that draft, so far..

1. Raiders Fernando Mendoza
2. Jets Arvell Reese
3. Cardinals Jeremiyah Love
4. Titans David Bailey
5. Giants Sonny Styles
6. *TRADE* Chiefs (I traded #6 and #70 to the Chiefs for #9 and #40), they took Rueben Bain
7. Commanders Caleb Downs
8. Saints Mansoor Delane
9. Browns - Carnell Tate
10. Can pick at any time, but goes on the clock at 5:00 pm

The Browns now have (4) picks in the top 40.

The Chiefs are looking to move for that Edge player maybe we will use #9 or #24 fot that 2027 #1. But drop 3 Spots and still get Tate is awesome!

That's a question that's pretty much too loaded to answer for me. There are for too many variables that come into play.

First to even complete a trade down you need a trading partner. In your scenario that seems to be a given so I'll approach it from that angle.

The first question would be will that trade include a first round pick next year? Next year should be rich in QB's and at that point the question becomes do they try to set themselves up in the best possible position to draft a QB in next years draft? We certainly have a huge question at the QB position now and there also doesn't seem to be a second choice for a franchise QB in this years draft.

How far down would that trade be? Would it put them out of the range to draft one of the big impact players?

How much compensation would the trade partner be willing to pay? Does it line up with the value of the #6 pick?

IMO you never know what you should do until you have all of the cards on the table. Trading down just for the sake of trading down is not wise. Neither would be refusing to trade down because you are simply stuck on a single player unless you are in need of a franchise QB and that QB is sitting there for you to draft.

As I stated, there are simply too many unknowns in such a question to give a definitive answer as things stand today.