Quote:Gene Smith absolutely had a BAP philosophy.

 

He drafted scared -- because he thought he was going to lose the player he had fallen in love with, and felt was the best player available.  Otherwise he wouldn't have fallen in love.  The team has been so depleted of talent recently that you could make a case for any GM picking for need.  

 

You don't select Tyson Alualu in the Top 10 because of 'need'.  You draft him there because you feel everyone else has undervalued him, and you want to get to him first.  

 

So everyone undervalue the punter?  And Blaine Gabbert wasn't a need and there weren't any players rated higher than him?  What happened when we moved up for Blackmon?  That wasn't a need?  He was absolutely not a BAP drafter.  He may have drafted at times people he thought were BAP, but that isn't what we are talking about.  I'm looking at an entire body of work.  Of course, this is merely my opinion.

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