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Ian Rapoport has now twice suggested that the Jacksonville Jaguars could be a team that at least tries to trade up with the Cleveland Browns for the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
Presumably, the Jaguars would make this move to land Travis Hunter.
"Right now, it's the Browns, and I would say likely probably the Browns," Rapoport said on the Rich Eisen Show. "But there is some real interest. There is some interest. I said last night on Insiders about the Jaguars preparing a bold move, and I really wonder, "are they a team that tries to come up?"
As Rapoport first mentions, the Browns likely stay put. But if the Jaguars were to make an offer, what would it look like?
To somewhat help guide us through the potential compensation needed, we can look at the Jimmy Johnson trade value chart. The No. 2 pick is valued at 2,600 points, and the fifth overall pick is 1,700. So that is 900 points on this trade chart that the Jaguars have to make up the difference for.
The pick worth 900 points on this Jimmy Johnson chart is the 18th overall selection. So the starting point for a deal would be the Jaguars' 2026 first-round pick.
However, future draft picks don't carry the same amount of value as the current year's picks do. Also, in not knowing where in the first round the Jaguars will be picking in 2026, the Browns could require more--not to mention that there could be an additional tax included, considering the move up the board is for Hunter, a prospect whom Browns' GM Andrew Berry compared to Shohei Ohtani.
So, for a rough idea of what it might take, we can safely assume it would take pick No. 5, a first-round pick in 2026, and then something on top of that, potentially multiple other picks--depending on which round they are in--or perhaps another early-round selection.
As GM James Gladstone described during his pre-draft press conference, he is very aware of how his first pick can set the tone and path for the organization moving forward under his leadership.
“I think, naturally, that's absolutely where your mind goes,” Gladstone said via Jaguars on SI. “We've had discussions on that subject a number of times. Certainly feel really good about the pot of players right now that we're discussing. And that would align with all the messages that we would like to send to the locker room, to our fanbase, to the greater football landscape about who the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be moving forward.”
As of now, the Jaguars are set to have 10 picks once again in 2026, which includes one selection in each of the first three rounds and two fourth-rounders.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2025 NFL draft: Cost for Jaguars to trade from pick No. 5 to No. 2?
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Presumably, the Jaguars would make this move to land Travis Hunter.
"Right now, it's the Browns, and I would say likely probably the Browns," Rapoport said on the Rich Eisen Show. "But there is some real interest. There is some interest. I said last night on Insiders about the Jaguars preparing a bold move, and I really wonder, "are they a team that tries to come up?"
As Rapoport first mentions, the Browns likely stay put. But if the Jaguars were to make an offer, what would it look like?
To somewhat help guide us through the potential compensation needed, we can look at the Jimmy Johnson trade value chart. The No. 2 pick is valued at 2,600 points, and the fifth overall pick is 1,700. So that is 900 points on this trade chart that the Jaguars have to make up the difference for.
The pick worth 900 points on this Jimmy Johnson chart is the 18th overall selection. So the starting point for a deal would be the Jaguars' 2026 first-round pick.
However, future draft picks don't carry the same amount of value as the current year's picks do. Also, in not knowing where in the first round the Jaguars will be picking in 2026, the Browns could require more--not to mention that there could be an additional tax included, considering the move up the board is for Hunter, a prospect whom Browns' GM Andrew Berry compared to Shohei Ohtani.
So, for a rough idea of what it might take, we can safely assume it would take pick No. 5, a first-round pick in 2026, and then something on top of that, potentially multiple other picks--depending on which round they are in--or perhaps another early-round selection.
As GM James Gladstone described during his pre-draft press conference, he is very aware of how his first pick can set the tone and path for the organization moving forward under his leadership.
“I think, naturally, that's absolutely where your mind goes,” Gladstone said via Jaguars on SI. “We've had discussions on that subject a number of times. Certainly feel really good about the pot of players right now that we're discussing. And that would align with all the messages that we would like to send to the locker room, to our fanbase, to the greater football landscape about who the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be moving forward.”
As of now, the Jaguars are set to have 10 picks once again in 2026, which includes one selection in each of the first three rounds and two fourth-rounders.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2025 NFL draft: Cost for Jaguars to trade from pick No. 5 to No. 2?
Continue reading...
