Over the years, there have been plenty of intense debates on this board on draft approaches-BAP vs Need, etc.

 

Here is an article that details that process, courtesy of Pro football Weekly.

 

http://www.profootballweekly.com/2017/03...y/arcnvrr/

 

 

Among the interesting tidbits...

 

When I first started in the NFL, most Draft Boards included about 250-to-300 players. That is no longer the case. Many clubs go into a draft with about 100 names on their board. It consists of players the clubs want in the different rounds of the draft, and players who fit the criteria the coaches are looking for. Players who are not scheme fits usually don’t find their way to the final board. There is no sense in cluttering the board with players a club will never draft.

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I wonder just how many teams have taken Mixon off their draft board. I'm guessing half the league.

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I wonder just how many teams have taken Mixon off their draft board. I'm guessing half the league.

Every year, there are players taken off draft boards due to character and injury issues.

 

I have no doubt Mixon has been taken off some boards.  If a team as solid as the Patriots have taken him off their boards because they don't want to take the PR hit, I'm sure other teams that have not built up the national good will don't want to deal with that, either.

 

But the idea of whittling down boards to 100 players bolsters my point that pure BAP doesn't exist.

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I can't help but wonder how many players are eliminated due to coaching ineptness.


For example "that kid seems like a good athlete, but Jimmy the lb coach can't do anything with him."

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

I can't help but wonder how many players are eliminated due to coaching ineptness.


For example "that kid seems like a good athlete, but Jimmy the lb coach can't do anything with him."

I would think the elimination of most of those players comes after the draft.

 

If a team knows a position coach sucks at coaching/developing players, one would think they wouldn't hire him in the first place or at least fire the guy after the season and get his replacement before this process rolls around.  So if the team were good in identifying talent and bad at developing it, they would be on the roster for a bit then be released (see the LB Marshall we cut that went to Denver).

 

If a team is too inept to know the position coach sucks at developing talent, then even assuming they identified a prospect that could develop into a viable player, they wouldn't weed him out because the position coach sucks.

 

If anything they'd weed the guy out in the draft board construction phase because they suck at evaluating talent. Now maybe in addition to sucking at player development, Jimmy the LB coach sucks at identifying talent, so perhaps that happens.

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I would think the elimination of most of those players comes after the draft.

 

If a team knows a position coach sucks at coaching/developing players, one would think they wouldn't hire him in the first place or at least fire the guy after the season and get his replacement before this process rolls around.  So if the team were good in identifying talent and bad at developing it, they would be on the roster for a bit then be released (see the LB Marshall we cut that went to Denver).

 

If a team is too inept to know the position coach sucks at developing talent, then even assuming they identified a prospect that could develop into a viable player, they wouldn't weed him out because the position coach sucks.

 

If anything they'd weed the guy out in the draft board construction phase because they suck at evaluating talent. Now maybe in addition to sucking at player development, Jimmy the LB coach sucks at identifying talent, so perhaps that happens.

 

I think Coughlin/Marrone have done a nice job of eliminating some, if not all, of the inept coaches this offseason. Offensive line and special teams were some gaping liabilities the last few seasons. 

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"I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man." - Teddy Roosevelt

I think Coughlin/Marrone have done a nice job of eliminating some, if not all, of the inept coaches this offseason. Offensive line and special teams were some gaping liabilities the last few seasons.

Marrone was our oline coach

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