(04-10-2018, 06:27 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(04-10-2018, 06:14 PM)Bullseye Wrote: 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.

You're playing devil's advocate to a devil's advocate here. 

The issue with scenarios like this is you are the only team that knows how good both can be and nobody else does. So of course you do whatever lands you both prospects? 

The problem is you don't actually know what anyone else will do or think of the prospects. Its not as simple as just waiting for your HOF QB in the 2nd and taking your HOF RB in the 1st without anyone else wanting them..

I get that.

However, we can surmise what teams may have thought of Brees based upon what actually transpired in that 2001 draft.

There were any number of QB starved teams in 2001, but none thought to take Brees in the first round, including the Chargers.  In fact, Vick was the only QB taken in the first round that year.  Don't you think that if the other teams thought Brees to be a Hall of Fame QB, one of them would have invested a first round pick for him?

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