2012 NFL Draft Grades: First-Round Trades Worthy of High Marks

May 1, 2012   ·   Timothy Rapp   ·   Jump to comments

Since the draft, I'm sure you've seen the following graded: overall draft classes by teams, the best and worst value picks, draft-day outfits, the best sleeper picks, outdated Chris Berman catch phrases, craziest picks and hilarious tweets after the Jacksonville Jaguars drafted a punter in the third round.
But if this draft was defined by anything, at least in the first round, it was the sheer number of trades we saw this year. The deals were coming fast and furious, and by the end of the first round the landscape of the entire draft had changed.
So which teams deserve the highest marks for first-round deals?
 
St. Louis Rams: A+
The St. Louis Rams started with the second overall pick in the NFL draft. Two trades later (with the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys), they ended up with the 14th overall pick in the first round, two extra second-round picks and the Washington Redskins' first-round picks in 2013 and 2014.
They turned one pick into five...

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