(04-10-2018, 06:01 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(04-10-2018, 05:44 PM)Bullseye Wrote: As to the point in bold, let me play Devil's Advocate.

Go back to the 2001 draft.  You are the Chargers' GM.

Do you take LaDanian Tomlinson in the first round and wait until the second to take Drew Brees, or do you take Brees in the first round and another RB in the 2nd?

Do we know how good they become? And do other teams know how good they become?

No more than normal.  For the purposes of this discussion let them keep the same pre-draft grades:  Tomlinson was a consensus top 5 pick, and Brees was a round 1-2 talent.

Heck, let's assume you know how good both are going to be.

Do you take Brees first?

If you take Brees first, how do you argue taking one future Hall of Famer (Brees) is somehow better than taking two (Tomlinson and Brees) in the same draft?

If you stick to your draft grades like Pirkster argues, you end up with both.  If you eschew draft grades and take the QB, you miss out on Tomlinson.

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