Leading up to the draft, Kevin Colbert said it was “very doubtful” the team would trade up in the first round. He made those terms even clearer after the fact, telling Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio there was basically no scenario in which the team was going to move up from their #24 spot.
Florio asked Colbert if he gave any consideration to trading up to secure RB Najee Harris.
“We knew we weren’t trading up,” he told Florio. “We needed all of our draft capital throughout the draft. We made the decision that we won’t be trading up.