I think you're treading on a thin path with a trade from 4 to 16. Yes, this team has holes, but how many consecutive years do you need to be in the top-10 to realize that you need to draft a player there?
On the flip side, is there any evidence that
staying in the top-10 is the ticket out? I don't recall Detroit ever trading out of the top-10 during their run from 2001-2010, it only turned around when they started drafting Calvin Johnson and Matt Stafford over Joey Harrington and Charles Rogers. You can pick high all you want, it's all about not missing on those draft picks.
Besides, there's no guarantee that the player we draft at 4 is going to be better than whomever is available at 16. I'd much rather take that offer and hope the Cowboys have a terrible season this year. They're a hamstrung, capped-out team that's second best free agent addition was Brandon Weeden. Sure, giving them a high pick could dramatically improve the team, but they also moved up to select Mo Claiborne a few years ago. To call his play thus far average would be nice, he's been a major disappointment. The Cowboys can, and have, whiffed on early draft picks. Who knows, there's potentially the chance they crash and burn like the Redskins last year and we're looking at a top-5 pick.
Dallas only gave St. Louis their 2nd rounder that year to move from 14 to 6, if they offer their 1st next year as well the Browns make that deal in a heartbeat. It's never fun for us fans to drop down in the draft, but moving back 12 spots to add a 2nd this year and a 1st next year is highway robbery. It's not like Farmer needs more ammunition as is, that trade would give him 11 picks in the draft this year, with 4 in the top 47. We only drafted 5 players last year in the entire draft, with 3 of them coming past pick 175. This team could ride an influx of early round talent like that to the top of this division, especially if Teddy is sitting there at #16.
