Hindsight NFL Draft Report: Revisiting 2016 Trades for Jared Goff and Carson Wentz

2016 NFL Draft was supposed see the Tennessee Titans pick first, followed by the Cleveland Browns picking second. Both teams traded down, allowing the LA Rams and Philadelphia Eagles, respectively, to trade up and grab their franchise quarterbacks.

But the NFL Draft is a complicated event. Rams/Titans and Eagles/Browns trades became bigger than just those respective teams and just a few players.

Those two trades ultimately turned into 17 trades, involving 16 teams and 49 players across five different drafts (2016-2021).

In it’s simplest form, here are the 17 trades that resulted in the Rams and Eagles moving up in 2016 to draft their QBs.

1. Rams/Titans
2. Eagles/Browns
3. Rams/Bears
4. Titans/Browns
5. Eagles/Vikings
6. Browns/Panthers
7. Browns/Raiders
8. Browns/Texans
9. Browns/Colts
10. Browns/Patriots
11. Vikings/Chiefs
12. Vikings/Redskins
13. Broncos/Titans
14. Bears/Patriots
15. Patriots/Lions
16. Vikings/Patriots
17. Patriots/Jets

In a more complicated layout, here are the details and the 49 players.

Los Angeles Rams

1. Rams acquired the #1 pick in the 2016 draft from the Titans, along with a fourth (#113) and sixth (#177). Rams traded #15, 43, 45, 76 and 2017 first and third round picks.

• 2017 #1 (via Titans) – Jared Goff
• 113 (via Titans) – Traded to Bears
• 177 (via Titans) – TE Temarrick Hemingway 

3. Rams traded 2016 pick #113 to Chicago for a fourth (#117) and sixth round pick (#206).

• 117 (via Bears) – WR/KR Pharoh Cooper
• 206 (via Bears) – WR Mike Thomas (not that Mike Thomas)

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Tennessee Titans

1. Titans traded the #1 pick in 2016 (plus a 2017 fifth round pick) for the following picks – #15, 43, 45, 76 and 2017 first (#5) and third (#100) round picks

• 2016 #15 (via Rams) – Traded to Browns
• 2016 #43 (via Rams) – DT Austin Johnson
• 2016 #43 (via Rams) – RB Derrick Henry
• 2016 #76 (via Rams) – Traded to Browns
• 2017 #5 (via Rams) – WR Corey Davis
• 2017 #100 (via Rams) – TE Jonnu Smith

4. After moving back to #15, Titans moved up in a trade with Cleveland Browns. They traded #15 and 76, both acquired from Rams to move up to #8.

• 2016 #8 (via Browns, Eagles, Dolphins) – OT Jack Conklin
• 2016 #176 (via Browns) – Traded to Broncos

13. Titans traded 2016 #176 and a sixth round pick in 2017 to the Broncos for 2016 #253

• 2016 #253 (via Broncos) – CB Kalen Reed

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Philadelphia Eagles

2. Eagles acquired the #2 pick in 2016 from Browns, along with a 2017 fifth round (#139) pick. Eagles traded #8, third (77), and fourth (100), plus 2017 first and second

• 2016 #2 (via Browns) – QB Carson Wentz
• 2017 #139 (via Browns) – Traded to Vikings, then Chiefs

5. Eagles traded #139 to the Vikings, along with #230 to move up to #132.

• 2017 #132 (via Vikings, Chiefs) – RB Donnell Pumphrey

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Cleveland Browns

2. Browns moved back from #2 (and traded a 2017 fifth rounder) in exchange for the following picks – #8, third (77), and fourth (100), plus 2017 first round and 2018 second round pick

• 2016 #8 (via Eagles) – Traded to Titans
• 2016 #77 (via Eagles, Browns) – Traded to Panthers
• 2016 #100 (via Eagles) – Traded to Raiders
• 2017 #12 (via Eagles) – Traded to Texans
• 2018 #64 via Eagles) – Traded to Colts

4. Browns traded #8 and a sixth (176) to the Titans for #15 and #76 and a 2017 second round pick

• 2016 #15 (via Titans, Eagles) – WR Corey Coleman
• 2016 #76 (via Titans, Rams) – OT Shon Coleman
• 2017 #52 (via Titans) – QB DeShone Kizer

6. Browns traded #77 (acquired from Eagles) along with a fifth round pick (141) to the Panthers for a third (#93), fourth (#129), and fifth (#168) round pick

• 2016 #93 (via Panthers) – QB Cody Kessler
• 2016 #129 (via Panthers) – S Derrick Kindred
• 2016 #168 (via Panthers) – OT Spencer Drago

7. Browns traded pick #100 (acquired from Eagles) to the Raiders for fourth (114) and fifth (154) round picks.

• 2016 #114 (via Raiders) – WR Ricardo Louis
• 2016 #154 (via Raiders) – WR Jordan Payton

8. Browns traded 2017 first round pick (#12 overall – acquired from Eagles) to the Texans, in exchange for first round picks in 2017 (#25) and 2018 (#4)

• 2017 #25 (via Texans) – S Jabril Peppers
• 2018 #4 (via Texans) – CB Denzel Ward

9. Browns traded 2018 second round pick (#64 overall – the final pick acquired from Eagles) to the Colts for a third (#67) and sixth (#178) round picks.

• 2018 #67 (via Colts) – DE Chad Thomas
• 2018 #178 (via Colts) – Traded to Patriots

10. Browns traded 2018 pick #178, and a fourth round pick (#114) to the Patriots for a fourth round pick (#105)

• 2018 #105 (via Patriots) – WR Antonio Callaway

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Chicago Bears

3. Bears acquired 2016 pick #113 from the Rams for a fourth (#117) and sixth round pick (#206).

• 2016 #113 (via Rams, Titans) – LB Nick Kwiatkoski 

14. Bears acquired 2019 #73 from Patriots and a sixth (#205) round pick for a third (#87), fifth (162), and a 2020 fourth round pick

• 2019 #73 (via Patriots) – RB David Montgomery
• 2019 #205 (via Patriots) – CB Duke Shelley

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Denver Broncos

13. Broncos traded 2016 #253 to the Titans for #176 and a sixth round pick in 2017

• 2016 #153 (via Titans) – FB Andy Janovich
• 2017 #203 (via Titans) – RB De’Angelo Henderson

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Minnesota Vikings

5. Eagles traded 2017 #139 to the Vikings, along with #230 to move up to #132.

• 2017 #139 (via Eagles) – Traded to Chiefs
• 2017 #230 (via Eagles) – Traded to Redskins

11. Vikings traded #139 (acquired from Eagles, via Browns) to the Chiefs for 2 fifth round picks (#170, #180)

• 2017 #170 (via Chiefs) – WR Rodney Adams
• 2017 #180 (via Chiefs) – OG Danny Isidora

12. Vikings traded a sixth (199) and #230 to Redskins for a sixth (201) and seventh (220) round pick

• 2017 #201 (via Redskins) – TE Bucky Hodges
• 2017 #220 (via Redskins) – DE Ifeadi Odenigbo 

16. Vikings acquired 2019 #162 and #239 from Patriots for a fifth round pick (#159)

• 2019 #162 (via Patriots) – LB Cameron Smith
• 2019 #239 (via Patriots) – WR Dillon Mitchell

Kansas City Chiefs

11. Chiefs acquired pick #139 from the Vikings (previously belonging to the Eagles and before them the Browns) in exchange for two fifth round picks

• 2017 #139 (via Vikings, Eagles, Browns) – WR Jehu Chesson

Washington Redskins

12. Redskins acquired 2017 #230 from Vikings, along with #199 and traded #201 and #220

• 2017 #199 (via Vikings) – C Chase Roullier 
• 2017 #230 (via Vikings) – S Josh Harvey-Clemons 

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Carolina Panthers

6. Panthers acquired 2016 picks #77 and 141 for third, fourth, and fifth round picks

• 2016 #77 (via Browns) – CB Daryl Worley
• 2016 #141 (via Browns) – CB Zach Sanchez

Oakland Raiders

7. Raiders acquired 2016 pick #100 from Browns for a fourth and fifth round pick.

• 2016 #100 (via Browns, Eagles) – QB Connor Cook

Houston Texans

8. Texans acquired 2017 #12 pick in exhange for their 2017 first (#25) and 2018 first (#4).

• 2017 #12 (via Browns) – QB Deshaun Watson

Indianapolis Colts

9. Colts acquired a second round pick (#64) from the Browns in 2018 in exchange for #67 and #178

• 2018 #64 (via Browns, Eagles) – DE Tyquan Lewis

New England Patriots

10. Patriots traded a 2018 fourth round pick to the Browns for #114 and #178

• 2018 #114 (via Browns) – Traded to Lions
• 2018 #178 (via Browns) – LB Christian Sam

15. Patriots traded #114 to the Lions for a third round pick in 2019

• 2019 #73 – Traded to Bears

14. Bears acquired 2019 #73 from Patriots and a sixth (#205) round pick for a third (#87), fifth (162), and a 2020 fourth round pick

• 2019 #87 (via Bears) – RB Damien Harris
• 2019 #162 (Via Bears) – Traded to Vikings
• 2020 #125 (via Bears) – Traded to Jets

16. Patriots acquired 2019 fifth round pick (#159) from Vikings for #162 and #239

• 2019 #159 (via Vikings) – DT Byron Cowart

17. Patriots acquired 2020 third round pick and a 2021 sixth round pick from Jets for a third round pick (#125)

• 2020 #125 (via Jets) – TE Dalton Keene

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Detroit Lions

15. Lions traded a third round pick in 2019 to acquired pick #114 in 2018

• 2018 #114 (via Patriots) – DT De’Shawn Hand

New York Jets

17. Jets acquired 2020 fourth round pick (#125) from Patriots for 2020 third round (#101) and a 2021 sixth round pick

• 2020 #125 (via Patriots) – QB James Morgan

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Summary

This trade is not over! The Patriots acquired a 2021 sixth round pick from the Jets.

The 2016 #8 pick was traded 3 times between 4 teams

• Initially owned by the Dolphins, they traded #8 to the Eagles for #13, CB Byron Maxwell, and LB Kiko Alonso
• Eagles traded #8 to the Browns, to move up to #2 to draft QB Carson Wentz Browns traded #8 to the Titans, who went from 1 to 15 to 8 (Browns went 2 to 8 to 15)
• Titans drafted OT Jack Conklin

Titans received two picks from the Browns (trade 4) – both players are now members of the Browns as of 2020 off-season – OT Jack Conklin and FB Andy Janovich.

Does that all make sense? Does your head hurt as much as mine did writing and researching this?