After writing about why I think the Steelers should do their best to trade out of the 1st round of the 2011 NFL draft that begins Thursday night, I was curious to the value that Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert has gotten in pick for pick trades since he took over in 2000. I have written about the trading history of Colbert this past offseason and have taken those trades listed there and applied the NFL draft pick value chart to them in the data below.
As you can see, Colbert has done a great job trading picks for picks and only once, in 2001, did he not gain value in trading down. In that deal though, the Steelers were able to get the man they were targeting in Casey Hampton and picked up 2 additional picks in the process.
Colbert has done a very good job in addition when trading up, especially in 2003 when he not only gained 21.3% value, but also got Troy Polamalu with the pick. Also in his 5 trades up, he has never given up more than 3.87% in trade value.
Should the Steelers trade down Thursday night, I expect that Colbert will once again only do so if he gets comparable value and he will not just give the pick away. Colbert sits in the driver seat as the Steelers will likely not initiate the action with multiple teams likely trying to move up.
| 2001 | Traded Down – Traded 2001 first round pick (#16 – Santana Moss) to Jets for 2001 first round pick (#19 – Casey Hampton), 2001 fourth round pick (#111 – Mathias Nkwenti), 2001 sixth round pick (#181 – Rodney Bailey) on 04-21-2001 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Jets Pick # | Value |
| 16 | 100 | 19 | 875 |
| * | * | 111 | 72 |
| * | * | 181 | 20 |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 1000 | Steelers: -3.30% | ||
| Jets Value: 967 | Jets: +3.41% | ||
| 2001 | Traded Up – Traded 2001 second round pick (#50 – Dominic Raiola), 2001 fourth round pick (#112 – Carlos Polk) to Patriots for 2001 second round pick (#39 – Kendrell Bell) on 04-21-2001 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Patriots Pick # | Value |
| 50 | 400 | 39 | 510 |
| 112 | 70 | * | * |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 470 | Steelers: +8.51% | ||
| Patriots Value: 510 | Patriots: -7.84% | ||
| 2003 | Traded Up – Traded 2003 first round pick (#27 – Larry Johnson), 2003 third round pick (#92 – Julian Battle), 2003 sixth round pick (#200 – Brooks Bollinger) to Chiefs for 2003 first round pick (#16 – Troy Polamalu) on 04-26-2003 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Chiefs Pick # | Value |
| 27 | 680 | 16 | 1000 |
| 92 | 132 | * | * |
| 200 | 12.4 | * | * |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 824.4 | Steelers: +21.30% | ||
| Chiefs Value: 1000 | Chiefs: -17.56% | ||
| 2004 | Traded Up – Traded 2004 second round pick (#44 – Bob Sanders), 2004 fourth round pick (#107 – Kendyll Pope) to Colts for 2004 second round pick (#38 – Ricardo Colclough) on 04-24-2004 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Colts Pick # | Value |
| 44 | 460 | 38 | 520 |
| 107 | 80 | * | * |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 540 | Steelers: -3.70% | ||
| Colts Value: 520 | Colts: +3.85% | ||
| 2006 | Traded Up – Traded 2006 first round pick (#32 – Mathias Kiwanuka), 2006 third round pick (#96 – Gerris Wilkinson), 2006 fourth round pick (#129 – Guy Whimper) to Giants for 2006 first round pick (#25 – Santonio Holmes) on 04-29-2006 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Giants Pick # | Value |
| 32 | 590 | 25 | 720 |
| 96 | 116 | * | * |
| 129 | 43 | * | * |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 749 | Steelers: -3.87% | ||
| Giants Value: 720 | Giants: +4.03% | ||
| 2006 | Traded Down – Traded 2006 second round pick (#64 – Tarvaris Jackson) to Vikings for 2006 third round pick (#83 – Anthony Smith), 2006 third round pick (#95 – Willie Reid) on 04-29-2006 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Vikings Pick # | Value |
| 64 | 270 | 83 | 175 |
| * | * | 95 | 120 |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 270 | Steelers: +9.26% | ||
| Vikings Value: 295 | Vikings: -8.47% | ||
| 2007 | Traded Up – Traded 2007 fourth round pick (#119 – Allen Barbre), 2007 sixth round pick (#192 – Desmond Bishop) to Packers for 2007 fourth round pick (#112 – Daniel Sepulveda) on 04-29-2007 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Packers Pick # | Value |
| 119 | 56 | 112 | 70 |
| 192 | 15.6 | * | * |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 71.6 | Steelers: -2.23% | ||
| Packers Value: 70 | Packers: +2.29% | ||
| 2008 | Traded Down – Traded 2008 fourth round pick (#123 – Bryan Kehl) to Giants for 2008 fourth round pick (#130 – Tony Hills), 2008 sixth round pick (#194 – Ryan Mundy) on 04-27-2008 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Giants Pick # | Value |
| 123 | 49 | 130 | 42 |
| * | * | 194 | 14.8 |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 49 | Steelers: +15.92% | ||
| Giants Value: 56.8 | Giants: -13.73% | ||
| 2009 | Traded Down – Traded 2009 second round pick (#64 – Richard Quinn), 2009 fourth round pick (#132 – Seth Olsen) to Broncos for two 2009 third round picks (#79 – Kraig Urbik) (#84 – Mike Wallace) on 04-25-2009 | ||
| Steelers Pick # | Value | Giants Pick # | Value |
| 64 | 270 | 79 | 195 |
| 132 | 40 | 84 | 170 |
| Trade Totals | Gain/Loss % | ||
| Steelers Value: 310 | Steelers: +17.74% | ||
| Broncos Value: 365 | Broncos: -15.07% | ||
