00:00It's a second of the Titans for Amani Hooker and a fifth.
00:02That's a pick slide, which is very, very popular these days among GMs.
00:07The Bills did that for Rasul Douglas way back when.
00:10A lot of the trades in the draft end up being trades down to trade up.
00:13It feels like the pick slide is the move, Sal, and this net's about a mid-third
00:17is the value chart on this one for Amani Hooker.
00:21Good morning.
00:22You were there yesterday with Brandon Bean as he addressed the media
00:25and had a new player to talk about.
00:27I think, Sal, the consensus is this is a nice move because it's a position of need.
00:33If they say, Sal, if they signed this player in free agency, we'd all say,
00:36okay, that makes total sense.
00:38Instead of that, they'd get him for a second-round pick.
00:40Yeah, good morning, guys.
00:42Value chart, as you say, mid-third.
00:44If these two teams, and they will both pick roughly in the same spot next year
00:48as they did this past year.
00:50Obviously, Bills fans hope it's 32, but they'll be roughly.
00:53The Bills will be at the end of the round somewhere.
00:55Titans will be at the beginning of the round somewhere.
00:56If you did it just like that, donuts for donuts here,
01:01you'd have 62 for 144 on the pick swap.
01:05The Bills would give up 62.
01:06They'd get back 144, which is about 82 spots, I guess.
01:11So, yeah, if you want to put some context, you can look at that however you want.
01:14Now, that said, you're right, Jeremy.
01:17You could go sign this guy in free agency.
01:19I'll look at it even in a different way and say,
01:21this actually takes care of a spot in the draft next year
01:23you were probably going to target pretty early.
01:25I mean, let's just kind of take holistically what this team looks like,
01:29where their contracts stand going into next year.
01:32Everybody in the offense is still locked up next year.
01:35Other than Alec Anderson, I believe, on the offensive line.
01:37I mean, you could take a guard in the second round.
01:39Probably not.
01:40You're going to probably concentrate on defense.
01:43And given what the secondary looks like, safety would be the number one need
01:46if you put on a board right now.
01:47Well, guess what?
01:48That could be an early pick.
01:49Now you don't have to do that.
01:50This guy's under contract.
01:51He's 28.
01:51He's under contract for the rest of this year and two more years.
01:54So the second round pick they just gave up
01:57could very well have been used to take a safety next year.
01:59Now, obviously, that would be a rookie contract.
02:01But I do think it matters here
02:02because you're still talking about a team in the window to try to win.
02:06So short term, you get a very impactful player that's needed right now
02:10in this defense.
02:11Long term, satisfies an area where you are probably going into next year
02:16looking to improve anyway.
02:17Anyway.
