(03-04-2020, 12:58 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-04-2020, 12:36 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I specifically said YOU don't grasp the concept.  Not Arians. Read a bit more carefully, please. 

I have complete confidence that Arians understands it regardless of what horse [BLEEP] he says in a press conference. His draft history also shows he's drafted several flash in the pan players and nearly as many nobodies in the first three rounds as Caldwell. *shrug* 

I guarantee he weighs need and value at virtually every pick just like everybody else.

So what you are saying is every team drafts the same?  You dont grasp the concept that all teams dont draft the same an some reach for need.  A lot of teams take the highest player on their board regardless of need.  Arians feels the same as me and going by Dave's draft last year it looks like he has shifted to BAP drafting instead of need like he did his first few years with us

You are living in a fantasy land. 

Teams VERY, VERY, rarely ever take the highest rated player regardless of need. Even Arians. 
Pure BAP drafting is a cute little mantra to toss around but in reality it's an albino snow leopard.  It may exist in the wild, but you'll basically never see it. 
True BAP selections in early rounds of the draft are INCREDIBLY rare. GM's simply aren't afforded the luxury of really using that philosophy without tempering it according to need. I'd wager that 99% of first and second round picks involve need meeting value in some fashion or another. Sometimes the top guy fits an immediate need. Sometimes the top guy is a need but not your highest priority need - so you can justify taking him anyway. And MANY, MANY other times there's a similarly rated prospect (but rated lower than the top guy) at a position of real need and that's the guy the GM selects.  Not the true BAP, but damn close. That's the actual reality for the vast majority of early picks by EVERY GM. 

You can go on believing in the tooth fairy and easter bunny all you want, bro. But it ain't real.

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