What's the protocol?

[Crossbones]

So I'm asking this because I really don't know.

What exactly is the protocol when teams make deals in the first round to move down/move up.? Is there any sort of gentlemen's agreement that "we'll do the deal, you take X and we'll take Y" or is everybody pretty much on their own?

Seems maybe the protocol is to just say nothing and hope you have a read on what the trading partner is going to do.

Anybody know or have thoughts on the matter? Is there an unwritten law or something about this sort of thing? The last thing the Raiders need is to be double crossed on a trade down scenario. That would clearly piss me off.

 

[Langlier]

for the #1 overall its normally known. but normally its discussed behind the scenes with specifics. like the eli deal a while ago. in that case it was a player traded for another player who the giants were told to pick and a bunch of picks.

 

[massraider]

I think in general, team are straight up about who they want when they move up.

Every behind-the-scenes article I've ever read, the teams usually say who they want. I specifically remember Ron Wolf talking about a deal with the Raiders, who were trying to move up to draft Katzenmoyer.

The obvious reason is, if you make a move up to take a guy, and screw the other team over in some way, you'll never make another deal again.

Say Cleveland wants Russell, Raiders want Russell, but Cleveland offers a deal, claiming they want Quinn.

If they screw the Raiders over, word gets out, and no one in the Cleveland FO would ever get another job, or be able to make another deal.

Later in the draft, teams probably don't care so much, so I'm sure there are deals where the team moving down doesn't know who is gonna get drafted in their spot, especially if they are looking to trade down. Heck, they obviously don't care who goes there.