And to be fair, NFLN just reported on trades during B.B. era: it’s about a 50/50 split, 21 trade downs, 22 trade ups, or maybe vice versa.
The frustrating Christmas morning aspect is that the trade downs tend to come high in the draft, with the trade ups reported in real time as “Who ...?” reaches.
I used to love it when B.B. would wheel a first for a second and a first the following year. But just as teams long ago stopped giving away Mike Vrabels and Rodney Harrisons, those trades have not happened for a long time.