(03-29-2018, 01:13 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 01:04 PM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: Taking the best player available regardless of position isn't a plague, it's the most logical approach to filling out a roster.

Then why does it almost never happen?  Especially with early picks?  

Because every GM in the league understands that need must meet value.  You take the best player available that's best suited to positively impact your team. 

The more talented and complete your roster is  -- the more the sliding scale leans toward BAP/Value.
The more depleted your roster is  - the more the sliding scale leans toward need.  

90% (if not all)  of the picks in the first three rounds of the NFL draft will be some combination of BAP and Need.  Not solely one or the other. 

And, no it is not "logical" to draft pure BAP.
 Not unless you just won the superbowl and have no holes to fill on your roster.  Rare exceptions occur but every GM addresses need with their draft picks whether they'll admit it or not.