(04-10-2018, 06:07 PM)pirkster Wrote:

(04-10-2018, 05:19 PM)JackCity Wrote: "I don't necessarily agree with it, but thats the thought process".  

Let's say you need a QB and have a guy in the draft you think is a franchise guy. You think he will be selected somewhere in the 2nd round but you are picking in the first. The thought process is you are better off taking that guy in the first than waiting and missing out on them.  

If you knew what Brady would be then you don't wait until the 6th to re-draft him of course. Particularly if every other teams knows what he is too.

You still take him in the second.  If you have to move up ahead of you think who will take him in the second, you still take him there instead of the first.

There's always another player to take.  However, you can never recoup value after you've given it away.

Look at what happened with Arob.

In your scenario, we would have taken Robinson and left Lee on the table - instead of taking Lee where he was, then trading back up to also get Robinson.

Value is the driver.  Not emotion/desire for a player and/or position.  You can't afford to "fall in love" with a guy, then reach just because you're forcing a fit where the numbers don't match.  Numbers, not crushes on players.  We're human, so easier said than done for fans for sure.  But that's not how rational execs would do things.

No that thought process and scenario we are talking about is strictly limited to QBs. 

Let's say we let Bortles go this year and needed a QB bad. We pick at #29, but have a guy pegged as a franchise guy that is more likely to be taken in the 2nd than the first. You take that guy at #29 rather than risk losing him.  

The value of a franchise QB is so large that you have to get your guy above all else. The usual rules don't apply.

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