Quote:You always take the best player available regardless of what position that player plays. Why draft a less talented football player?

 

Picks are assets. You draft to covert the pick to a player.

 

Give me twenty dollars and I'll give you fifteen back. Is that OK?

 

By the same token, if your draft pick is worth twenty and you take fifteen instead, you've got less talent for your pick.

 

Caldwell took a far less talented football player then he could have. Why draft less talented players?

 

But your "money" analogy falls apart rather quickly when compared with the draft though. It's more like buying car parts. On my first trip through the parts store, I'm going to buy an engine. Hold on though, there's a really nice set of tires that will make most any engine a lot more effective. Hey! I really need an exhaust system as well. I need to get a good one before they're all gone.

 

Heck, I could draft after a three-day bender if I knew for certain that all players were graded out from 1-255. Sad reality though is that they aren't and they never will be.

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