Quote:There is no such thing as a "need" to draft a punter in the third. Good college punters are found later in the draft and free agency is full of guys trying to make a roster.

 

Smith was a self professed BAP drafter and there is absolutely no evidence that proves otherwise. Just because you make bad evaluations doesn't make you a "need" drafter.

 

His own words were that he wanted to take a starter in the third round, that's why he took a punter. That's the very essence of needs based drafting.

 

If it were BAP his remark would have been "He was the best player left in the draft" which would have been absurd and once again shown what a poor talent evaluator he is, but that wasn't what he said. He said he wanted to get a guy that would start, which means he wanted to fill a slot on the starting lineup, which means he was drafting for need instead of BAP.

 

If you can't understand the transitive logic that's fine, but it's pretty air tight evidence.

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