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Draft Reaction: Putting the Grossness of the Will Anderson Trade into Perspective

Author: Billy Jones Introduction Last night's draft was crazy. I flew to Denver for a business trip and landed about 15 minutes before the draft started. I wasn’t able to watch the first five picks live on television, but I was kept up to date through twitter and a couple different group chats I had going with my buddies. The top of the draft started with a bang within the first 3 picks and the wildness continued throughout the night as we saw multiple trades as well as players go way earlier and later than expected and some weren’t even picked at all. There is so much to unpack from what went down and therefore I wanted to do a couple quick blog posts on some of the shenanigans of the night (and what will inevitably ensue this weekend). Logically the place to start is at the beginning so in this first post I am going to unpack my thoughts on the Houston Texans trade up to pick #3 to select Will Anderson from Alabama. Trade Details Houston Texans Acquire 2023 #3 pick 2023 #105 Ariz...