Trading a player for a draft pick isn't buying draft picks.
Tell me if the Brown's signed Clwney and then traded him for a draft pick isn't that the definition of trading a player for a draft pick and essentially what RS did with the Brown's OS trade?
Because the Saints were trying to buy the cash to afford Clowney by trading draft picks. Texans did nothing like that...
Yes, the Saints inquired with the league about the possibility of a sign-and-trade that would have allowed them to get defensive end Jadeveon Clowney by purchasing via draft-pick compensation the extra cash and cap space needed to get the deal done.