(04-04-2021, 04:38 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(04-04-2021, 03:30 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: Another Bingo!  Many people assume that because Mel Kiper has the players ranked in some type of order that NFL teams must have the same rankings.  Need versus BAP isn't determined by Mel Kiper.  It's determined by the team's board.  The problem is teams rarely to never share their board.  As such, we never know whether it was need or BAP.  In reality, I suspect it's usually a combination.  I am a big believer in "tiers".  Outside of the top of the first round, there's not some huge drop-off from player to player.  Draft picks are educated guesses and in most cases, there are probably 5 to 10 players (or maybe more) rated roughly equal.  The team takes one of those players who also happens to fit a need.  It's both value and need.

I haven't seen 1 person bring up Mel Kiper on this board except you lol.  Also doesn't surprise me the same guy thinks you should needs draft instead of take the best player

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I usually pick on Mel Kiper just because he's the most famous.  It's nothing specific about him.  Pick your favorite mock drafter.  I absolutely believe that people who passionately argue for "BAP" take mock drafters as if they were the bible.  My point is what if "Player A" is ranked as follows:

Jaguars:  10th best player in draft
Mock Drafter:  20th best player in draft

The Jaguars take the player at 15.  Was he a reach?  The Jaguars thought he was a value pick.  If he turns out to be a bust, the "BAP" squad on here will say that the Jaguars reached for a need and use it as proof that needs drafting is bad.  If Player A is good, they will quickly forget and they will remember Player A as "BAP" or SeldomRite will just say that the Jaguars "got lucky".

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