I sure would have. Caldwell mentioned he would have taken Bortles over Clowney. I also mentioned I was very keen on Bortles. BAP does not exist.

 

If there's no BAP, then there's no board.  If there's no board, there's no grading.  If there's no grading, there's no scouting.

 

Game. Set. Match.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Every team that has participated in the draft, in one way or another, has drafted based on need. BAP is a myth, that continues to live on long after Genius Gene ' tenure here. Will it die?

I don't know if this draft puts BAP to rest or not, but it's certainly past YOUR bed time, MISTER!

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The debate is kinda pointless IMO


Every GM uses BAP and "need" when they draft.


The degrees and ratio vary - but no one is all one or the other.

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Gus Bradley said in the press conference wrapping up the draft that Colvin was a pure BAP selection just as I suspected. This draft for the most part was BAP by need but when BAP trumps the need by a margin as Colvin did in this scenario you take the BAP.

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

Many, if not most teams use clusters for their draft board.   If a player is in a cluster with the highest remaining player on the draft board,   often in that situation a player with a lower grade is the draft selection if he can fill a greater need.   Of course the size/ range of the clusters differs from team to team and are subjective.   Hence,  even if one team graded each player the exact same way as the other team,  team 1 might consider a player a reach but  team 2 might not.

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It's really not much different than selecting teams playing backyard ball.

 

You want who you feel are the best players on your team.

 

Instead of two captains selecting for two teams, there are 32 teams.  Instead of a handful of selections to choose from, there are hundreds.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

BAP based on need. That seems to be it IMO.

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Every team that has participated in the draft, in one way or another, has drafted based on need. BAP is a myth, that continues to live on long after Genius Gene ' tenure here. Will it die?

 

HAHAHAHA

 

Seriously?

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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