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2019 NFL Draft: 5 possible trades we could see in Round 1

By Peter Panacy

ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: A video board displays the text "THE PICK IS IN" for the Denver Broncos during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: A video board displays the text "THE PICK IS IN" for the Denver Broncos during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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LANDOVER, MD – NOVEMBER 18: Alex Smith #11 of the Washington Redskins is helped off the field after being sacked and injured by Kareem Jackson #25 of the Houston Texans in the third quarter of the game at FedExField on November 18, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD – NOVEMBER 18: Alex Smith #11 of the Washington Redskins is helped off the field after being sacked and injured by Kareem Jackson #25 of the Houston Texans in the third quarter of the game at FedExField on November 18, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

No. 2: Washington Redskins Get in the Top 10

This NFL Draft trade scenario gets a bit trickier.

First, the Denver Broncos would have to pass on a quarterback in Round 1, most likely. More on the likelihood of that happening in a moment. Moreover, the Broncos aren’t exactly in need of draft picks now. Not with a total of 11 for 2019 so far. As for 2020, though, that could be a different story for Denver.

But the Washington Redskins are desperate right now, particularly with veteran quarterback Alex Smith all but sidelined for 2019 with his horrendous leg injury. With just five picks in this year’s draft, though, getting any further than the No. 10 spot would be exceptionally difficult.

Even that move, in this scenario, would require Washington dipping into its stock of picks in 2020.

Moving up five spots in the draft order could be done with the Redskins’ second-round pick next year. It would be a bit of an overbid, at least according to the draft-pick trade-value chart. But desperate times call for desperate measures, of course, and the Redskins are desperate, remember?

Unless they’re able to make a move on a thin free-agent market or feel comfortable with quarterbacks like Colt McCoy or Mark Sanchez.

No, probably not.