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Originally Posted by pilight
Trading up to the top before the draft in order to get a QB has never worked in the entire history of the league. No team has ever traded up to the top five ahead of the draft, selected a QB, and won a Super Bowl (or an NFL championship) with that QB.
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1. Only 3% of teams win a Super Bowl in a given season nowadays (1/32 of course) so the strike rate doesn't exactly have to be high here.
2. This is only true on a technicality because the Giants traded directly for Eli Manning rather than for the pick that he was selected at.