A year ago, Howie Roseman talked about how the history of teams trading up for one player is not favorable while speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

Roseman was being asked the question in light of their interest at the time in trading up for Marcus Mariota.

"When you’re looking at trading up, at some point, your board drops off so dramatically in terms of how you evaluate that player,” Roseman said, as heard on the conference’s webcast. “But the history of trading up for one player, when you look at those trades, isn’t good for the team trading up and putting a lot of resources into it.

"Because the guys who are really good at the draft, if you’re hitting on 60 percent of your first-round picks, that’s a pretty good track record. And then it’s dropping as you go through the rounds. So really, the more chances you get, the more tickets to the lottery you get, the better you should be doing.”

The Eagles traded up this week from No. 8 to No. 2.