(03-29-2018, 02:14 PM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote:

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

"You typically go for the best-available player, and in this situation, we've been able to match up a need with the best-available player," Coughlin told NFL Network on Saturday. "So it's worked out well for us in that capacity. It doesn't always work that way, especially as you well know, when you're waiting to pick 32nd."

What Tom is saying is BAP has flexibility so that you may have options.

Yeah, ummm, he's saying exactly what I'm saying.  He's preaching BAP strategy but selecting the best available player that meets a need - which is exactly what I said usually happens. 
I even spelled out that many GMs won't admit it but clearly do it. You've handed me a perfect example of that. 

Pure BAP selection regardless of need happens, but it's so rare it's practically a myth.

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