Well, I hope Veach is calling around with general "What would it take...?" calls. That is part of his due diligence to prepare for the "what if someone slides" scenarios.
Each year Veach gives some number of players a 1st round grade. And no, it isn't 32 players every year that get that grade. IIRC, this is what prompted the trade up for McDuffie.
McDuffie was one of Veach's 1st round guys and when he started to slide Veach went up to get him (leaving Kaiir Elam for Buffalo which is hilarious).
Won't know until after the draft but it seems unlikely Veach has a 1st round grade on a 300 pound lineman with a torn patellar tendon.
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