(03-11-2020, 12:21 PM)Kane Wrote:

(03-10-2020, 07:29 AM)PS9 Wrote: So say that you are picking 9th and you have a below average secondary with a need at CB. You have a solid DL with no real big need.  There is a DL sitting there who you have graded out as a top 5 player and a CB who is a top 10 player on your board. You’re taking the DL and continuing to have a hole at CB?

Yep
See: We don't need Roethlisberger, we have Leftwich. Etc.

With the turnover of rosters, guys like Yan wanting out, Taven Bryan being a "?" Smoot more of just a role player, a huge need at NT, Campbell age....
I mean why wouldn't we take the DL guy?

Sure we have Herndon and then nothing behind him at CB but I think the drop off on DL talent later in the draft is bigger than the drop off at CB in late 1st and 2nd rounds.

Also.... The rake analogy doesn't really fit with this.

The rake analogy is more like having a need at DL or CB and taking a RB at 9
See: Fournette top 5 instead of QB, TE, OL
Taven Bryan round 1 instead of QB, TE, OL
etc.... (Coughlin recently divorced btw)

The rake analogy is so bad there no way to fix it. It's more like seeing a nice backhoe for a price you can afford, but maybe you already have some tool that can also dig but isn't as good, so what you get instead is a less good tool that probably won't even do a good job at what you need it for, but it'll cost the same as the backhoe that you found for a much better deal. Which do you do, spend the money on the backhoe, or spend the same amount on something else less good?

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