How far does Aaron Curry have to fall before you would trade up for him?

Well, I sort of asked the complete question in the thread title.

You can also answer in the form of; what picks would you be willing to give up to have him?

None. I really don't think we are just one or two players away. If we had the ammunition then maybe but our picks are worth more to us because of their scarcity. If there were a legit game changer that we had the practical ability to get then maybe but the talent this year seems a lot more normal and we can maximize the reutrn on our picks by either sticking and taking BPA (within reason) at 13 or trading down. I think moving up for just about anyone this year strikes me as well stupid.

I don't know that I would trade up at all. Is he so much better than any of the USC linebackers, or Sintim that we couldn't take one of those guys, keep our 3rd round pick and be better off in the long run?

Curry is good, but I don't think I would trade up to get him, even if he's at #10 or later.. Or for anybody else.. He definitely has a chance to have good career.. But we have more than one need - RT, DE, and LB (and maybe C and nickel back?).. The idea of having Curry on our defense, along with the addition of Haynesworth definitely is tempting..

However, we would be wasting great defense with our offense if we don't do anything to upgrade our O-line (beside signing Dockery).. Unless we are to draft a T in 3rd round (and can play immediately), then that would be different story..

There's really no plausible scenario where I would want to move up for Curry. I mean, worst case he goes to Cleveland or Cincy, so it doesn't really make much sense to discuss this beyond those two teams. Him falling any further simply is not going to happen. I would think to move up 7 or 8 spots in the 1st round would require our 3rd this year and at least a first day pick next year, plus maybe a current player as well.

Aaron Curry is awesome, but I have a really hard time trading multiple high round current ('09) and future ('10) picks for anyone who's never played a snap in the NFL, no matter how "can't miss" they're judged to be.

Whenever I get enamored with the idea of ONE really awesome player (Raji, Curry, Jason Smith), I think about how nice it would be to have the multitude of picks necessary fill in other holes.

Interestingly enough Curry doesn't specialize in what we need most from a SLB...the ability to effectively blitz the QB creating sacks, turnovers and general mayhem in the backfield. Watch Curry's highlights, yes he's very good but he rarely was sent after the QB. The irony is the LB prospect best suited to blitz, sack, create turnovers and mayhem is the same guy we'll need in a year or two for our monster in the middle: REY. Really no other LB in this draft is better at blitzing and creating turnovers etc.

Curry is very good, don't get me wrong. But he is your sure-tackler type. Very much like London IMO. You want plenty of these guys on the roster, but you also want the other type mixed in: fiery blasters who whiff here and there but blow shit up and create turnovers and mayhem and all that fun stuff. IMHO we don't have one of those guys on our defense right now. I'M NOT POO POOING OUR D THOUGH. Don't mistake me. I just don't see an explosive player who blows shit up and changes the game in an instant. I know lots of us expect Landry to be that guy. I really like him and even expect him to go to the Pro-Bowl this year as maybe the best safety in the NFC. But I think Landry's strength will be in his coverage, breaking up passes and actually getting a ton of INTs. Looking back at his LSU days this is basically what you see.

So no I don't see Curry as the answer necessarily to our defense. I'd trade up only if we don't have to cede anything in the future like draft picks. I don't know how far that is trading up(?) and sorry I just made this post about Rey...who is my fav and probably will be long time unless he goes to an NFC East rival :)

I would love to have Curry. But I would hate to give up a 1rst and 3rd round pick for just one player and I think it would take at least that. Our next highest pick would be in the 5th and there are going to be a lot of good players gone between the 1rst and 5th round. I think we can get a good player in the first and 3rd staying right where we are though I would prefer to trade down.

13th

Curry has tremendous upside in the fact He is a mix of leadership capability
and great physical ability. With that said, He would only be a piece in Our
defensive scheme that would have to show alot of diverse ability to make
a huge splash.. So if He was available at 13 and the stud OT's were gone,
then I would pull the trigger. The draft is so deep in LB talent, that He's
gonna have to have the juice to be the man of 2009.

i wouldn't trade at all. while i think Curry has a great upside, we need a play maker. he is not quite in that category. and we also need someone to get after the qback. and he doesn't do that, either