Quote:That's about the most ignorant analogy I've ever heard of.

 

Value means selecting a guy where he's graded to be taken, and not before.  It's a lot like you taking Geno at #2 just because you slobbered over his jock, when you could have instead picked him with your second rounder.  Taking him at #2 would have been poor value.

Dude, you really need to stop using the Geno as your strawman. 99% of QBs with franchise potential traits rise past whatever you think their 'grade' is. Geno didn't because he went nuclear on his draft stock predraft like no other QBs do (actually McCarron is trying to now, but he doesn't have franchise potential so it doesn't matter). Geno refused interviews, he acted like an arrogant entitled diva during the ones he did do, he constantly texted and tweeted during official interviews, etc. Then he threatened to leave the draft after the first day and fired his agent because he wasn't a first rounder.

 

He was a clear first rounder with on the field evaluations (and for the most part played like one during the season), but in the era of political correctness and public relations a guy often described as "Kobe on a football field" in regards to his attitude is going to rub people the wrong way...especially when he hadn't done anything at the NFL level to prove it. 

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