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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
Well the fact remains that they risked losing Jankowski too by trading down and giving several other teams a chance to pick him. If they had him so high and clearly ahead of the rest, why did they take that risk? I think the safe assumption is that they simply had several players pretty much even, whatever their exact order on their list, and therefore didn't really mind losing any specific one to other teams.
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The answer is really simple and it has already been stated: They knew exactly who they wanted and realized that he would still be available a little bit further down in the draft. They used that to gain a 2nd rounder on top of the player that they already wanted.