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I'm Alex Kazora.

The NFL has found a new approach.

In past years most trades were pretty simple.

Player for Pick, it was a selection in the upcoming

NFL draft. This year's player for this year's pick, meaning a trade would look like Player

X for Y pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

That approach though has slowly been shifting in recent years

before ramping up in the high gear this off season.

Now it's about future picks. Not the teams getting the picks

probably prefer it that way, but it is becoming the norm. I like to call it the

creative financing of NFL trades, the loan approach, in a sense, terms of 12 to 36 months may apply.

It's happened with Pittsburgh as part of the Kenny Pickett deal, the Steelers received a pair of 2025

seventh round picks from Philadelphia. In Justin Fields was had for next year's 6 round pick that could become a 4.

Around the league it's becoming a fixture.

Staphon digs a 2025 second to son Reddick to the Jets, a 2026 conditional pickable two years from now.

In past seasons, these moves were rare. Picks more than one class away were deemed to have less value by one round so that

2025 third rounder really feels and acts like a fourth. Getting return on your

investment is longer the exact draft pick unclear and heck there are some front offices who might get

fired and replaced by then leaving that future pick for the next regime but this

damn has been broken the NFL has adopted an NBA model of acquiring picks. They'll get theirs eventually and that's here to stay

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