Grant & Danny think it's a mistake for Commanders to tell teams they're staying put at No. 2

1As you may have heard during the day on 106.7 The Fan, Dianna Russini Tweeted today that "teams trying to move up for a quarterback calling Washington are being told that they are not moving."

So it's QB for the Commanders at 2, a spot Adam Peters said last week the team 'feels great about' – but how do YOU feel about it?

"This is not a surprise necessarily, it's not stunning, but I will say I'm a little bit surprised. I would probably just keep listening to the calls all the way up through me making the pick," Grant said. "Say, 'hey, thanks, let me know if you want to give us more, appreciate the call, talk soon,' and just keep them coming back to the well, because who knows, eventually, what kind of final minute offer you get. Instead, the Commanders are essentially putting an end to any possibility of trading back according to the reports, and just telling teams outright we're not trading off the pick."

"I don't like it," Danny agreed. "I said as much when Rivera and company were patting themselves on the back for staying at No. 2 to take Chase Young, and I was vilified by everybody, but that's what you should be doing: not necessarily trading back, but listening to offers. There's no obligation to take them. They can make whatever offer they want to, and you can say no. Why would we ever stop receiving options and receiving data?"

There are some semantics in the report to be sussed out, but yes, Danny would prefer at least a pretend hint of being open for business.

"My hope is that it's merely a negotiating tactic, where 'unless you get to the stratosphere, stop asking.' There's an important distinction to me, and if we are not considering it, that's the wrong approach," Danny said. "Consider it by all means, make the most appropriate decision. But if you got the most ridiculous offer in the history of sports and you've already said no…don't do that. There's no harm in having something that everybody wants and either getting the max for it or using it yourself. If it's just a, 'we're gonna let them keep calling and asking' or 'we are not interested at all, stop calling us,' I don't love that if it's the latter."

Grant, however, had a different idea.

"I think it means that they probably know who they're taking," GP said. "They have made it pretty clear publicly, every time they've gotten a chance to answer the question, that they don't know who they're taking and don't have to make the decision until it's time to actually announce the pick – but if they are actually telling teams now we're not trading off of No. 2, I think that tells me that they probably know who they're taking, and that they feel good enough about it that they can't pass it up. I wouldn't do it the way that they are, as I just don't think there's any down side to the phone calls continuing to come in, because you have all the leverage."

GP noted how there's a report the Raiders are looking to move up from 13, and that's "probably four first-round picks at that point" to get to No. 2, so even if they know their guy at 2, why tell them no flat out already?

"Again, saying you're open for business doesn't mean you have to conduct the business. There's no obligation to receiving offers," Danny said. "This isn't flirting, this is 'hey, we are desperate to get to that spot, what's it gonna take?' And if you give them ridiculous criteria and they meet it, then you could do it or still not do it! Again, you're under no obligation. So if you're really shutting it down, I find that to be short sighted."