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A retroactive trade!
Utah sends: The rights to sign 1.4 TE, Nate Hartman.
Portland sends: Its own 2028 1st round selection.
This is a blockbuster, and completed after the pick had already been made, so it bears a detailed backstory.
-Portland traded away its firsts in advance in both 2025 and 2026, which ended up being the 1.1, and 1.4 respectively. An all-world WR was selected with the 1.1, and an all-world TE with the 1.4. So, some 'mulligan for the newbie' considerations were involved. That such a trade should benefit a team that has gone to four straight bowls, to this degree...shouldn't really happen in the first place.
-Hartman puts us pretty close up to the cap, and limits our options drafting players in the short and long-term, especially this year (Giang-F) and 2028, when we are expecting to have to pay Randy Boone upwards of $25 million.
-A team in Utah's position doesn't need to gun for a Top 5 pick to succeed, and a VSOD, unlikely as that is, would be devastating. We have no needs to fill this year, and need the future resources.
-We attempted to trade the rights to 1.4 multiple times while on the clock, and explored more than one trade option retroactively. Portland was the only option in the end.
-We don't want to win like Ben
Thanks, ryan, for the deal. And enjoy the rights to the TE. We'll think of it as a further delay on return of a future 1st for the 2023 1.31 selection I traded you.
Utah sends: The rights to sign 1.4 TE, Nate Hartman.
Portland sends: Its own 2028 1st round selection.
This is a blockbuster, and completed after the pick had already been made, so it bears a detailed backstory.
-Portland traded away its firsts in advance in both 2025 and 2026, which ended up being the 1.1, and 1.4 respectively. An all-world WR was selected with the 1.1, and an all-world TE with the 1.4. So, some 'mulligan for the newbie' considerations were involved. That such a trade should benefit a team that has gone to four straight bowls, to this degree...shouldn't really happen in the first place.
-Hartman puts us pretty close up to the cap, and limits our options drafting players in the short and long-term, especially this year (Giang-F) and 2028, when we are expecting to have to pay Randy Boone upwards of $25 million.
-A team in Utah's position doesn't need to gun for a Top 5 pick to succeed, and a VSOD, unlikely as that is, would be devastating. We have no needs to fill this year, and need the future resources.
-We attempted to trade the rights to 1.4 multiple times while on the clock, and explored more than one trade option retroactively. Portland was the only option in the end.
-We don't want to win like Ben
Thanks, ryan, for the deal. And enjoy the rights to the TE. We'll think of it as a further delay on return of a future 1st for the 2023 1.31 selection I traded you.
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