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Originally Posted by jbergey22

Apparently, the Giants were split on taking Andrew Thomas or Tristan Wirfs. If that was truly the case why not trade down if they are both there and gain value in the draft? This is why the Giants are not the Patriots. Ill never understand how these professional GM's are so poor at maximizing their teams edge in the draft.

A team needs to want to trade up for you to be able to trade down.

Giants’ Dave Gettleman: There were ‘no firm offers’ to trade down

“We had conversations, but everyone was touchy-feely, maybe yes, maybe no. There were no firm offers anywhere,” Gettleman told reporters during a conference call. “There is nothing that made me look at John Mara and Joe (Judge) and say let’s trade back and get some more picks. There really wasn’t much there. You can see we haven’t had a trade in the first round yet, how often does that happen? There wasn’t a lot of action.”

The Giants weren’t alone. The Detroit Lions had feverishly tried to trade down from the No. 3 spot, but found absolutely no takers and ultimately settled on Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah.

Several other teams fared no better as the draft saw zero trades over the first 10 picks for the first time since 2015. In fact, the first trade didn’t even come until pick No. 13.