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Eagles executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman doesn't appear to be a fan of trading up in the NFL draft.
Speaking on a panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston on Saturday, Roseman talked about the price and ramifications of trading up in the draft to acquire just one player.
"When you’re looking at trading up, at some point, your board drops off so dramatically in terms of how you evaluate that player,” Roseman said, via the Philadelphia Inquirer. “But the history of trading up for one player, when you look at those trades, isn’t good for the team trading up and putting a lot of resources into it.
"Because the guys who are really good at the draft, if you’re hitting on 60 percent of your first-round picks, that’s a pretty good track record. And then it’s dropping as you go through the rounds. So really, the more chances you get, the more tickets to the lottery you get, the better you should be doing.”
This is relevant for the Eagles given the speculation the franchise could trade up to pick Oregon quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota in the first round. Eagles coach Chip Kelly coached Mariota in college and he would seemingly be an ideal fit for Philadelphia's offense.
However, the Eagles, currently slotted in the first round at pick No. 20. To move up that far in the draft to take Mariota would require a significant price, likely including 2015 draft picks, to do so.
