What could an NFL Draft trade for the Commanders look like?

0:00so bill barnwell wrote a story today talking about you know potential trades in the first round not that he's predicting these but just to give you an idea of like what could come back if a team decided to move up or move back and washington's mentioned in two deals the first is kind of their own where they trade back there's also a trade up possibility they trade back with baldemore who sits at 14 and for that they get baldemore's third round pick they also have a third round pick they have number 71 overall but they would get baldemore's third round pick they get baldemore's fifth round pick and they'd get a third round pick next year from the ravens you know I think there's always a lot of talk well we've moved we move back we can get you know pick up a another first and pick up a second and well no it's the jimmy johnson you know draft value chart and that actually works out almost perfectly to the point total in terms of wood barnwell came

1:04up with if washington moved back seven spots they'd pick up a third a fifth and next year's third or something approximating that total point value which is about 400 points the difference between picking seventh and picking 14th but there's also a suggestion that the Arizona cardinals move back with washington moving up to number three what would it cost washington to move up four spots from seven to three next year's second round pick that's what it would cost why would they do that why would they trade up to three well barnwell rights they need another playmaker offensively that playmaker could be Ohio state receiver carnaltate but I wonder if the commanders go in a different direction Peters comes from san francisco where the 49ers initially spent big on jarek mckinnon in free agency and then traded for christian McCaffrey who transformed their offense after arriving

2:08Notre Dame running back jaren my love might be that sort of prospect the commanders of generally avoided investing heavily at running back but love could be the sort of player that convinces convinces them to go in a different direction the titans have been popularly linked to love at number four the giants were reportedly also in the running back market so if they don't want to wait until seven they got to go to three man I don't that would really really be for me not that the player might not work out the player might work out I think it's too high at seven you know at we've talked about this adding even and even having the best of running backs doesn't necessarily give you what a wide receiver gives you what a pass rusher gives you certainly not what a quarterback gives you but if we're talking about playmakers wide receivers give you a lot more not just in terms of a rookie contract value

3:11compared to a running back they just give you more expected points added their EPA numbers are much more significant to the outcome of a game than a running backs number is so I'm not going up to three for jaren my love I'm not taking jaren my love at seven and I am not discounting the possibility that jaren my love love turns into a really really good running back I just think that is a high risk move like you are basically betting that he's going to become the best running back in the league or one of the two or three best in the league again these are hypotheticals for barnwell I don't expect that I don't expect Washington to move up to take jaren my love um but uh that would that create a lot of conversation on the night of april 23rd and the morning in early afternoon of april 24th uh you know something that my last guest Mike renner just said

4:14it sticks with me man rubin bane is a monster as a player he was as a college player man those arms being so short are going to cost him a lot of draft spots but that's one of those where if you just watch the tape just pull up a rubin bane highlight reel on youtube you're like he's got to be the best player in the draft I mean and he did it against unbelievable talent especially in this year's playoff run I mean part of me actually believes that rubin bane might end up being one day the best player to come out of the 2026 draft we'll see uh those short arms teams do not want to draft those for that particular position Ben standing will join us next