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Originally Posted by BryanBusby
Why the **** did they trade up for Mertz? He uh would have been there for the taking in UDFA.
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Because then they have to compete and outbid other teams. Control.
After the 4th, agents and front offices are scrambling back and forth to wrangle and gauge UDFA and figure out what level of interest is out there for them to determine if they are going to draft someone bc it's likely they'll sign somewhere else.
I used to work the draft back in the day for Tom Condon and Ken Kramer.
Agents on the other hand are calling in favors and trying to ensure they have all their guys at least invited to one team's camp. It's a black eye to have a guy you rep not at least get a camp invite.
Lots of horse-trading