Quote: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.

 

Yes, we 'needed' a Quarterback.  But you are -- to quote Sherlock Holmes -- twisting the facts to fit your theory, rather than twisting your theory to fit the facts.  What precludes Blaine Gabbert from being the highest rated player on Gene's board?  Absolutely nothing!  Yes, we needed a Quarterback.  But by that logic, any General Manager that drafts BAP that happens to fit a need, isn't drafting BAP at all.  That's a logical fallacy.  

 

It's not as if some people didn't believe the Panthers would select Gabbert over Cam Newton.

 

Again with Blackmon, you presume that that precludes Blackmon from being a BAP pick.  Again -- that would invalidate the BAP philosophy entirely, because it would mean that you would have to take BAP EXCEPT at a position of need in order to be considered BAP drafting.  

 

Then you go on to say "He absolutely was not a BAP drafter" to follow up with "of course this is merely my opinion."  You can't have it both ways.  

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