(04-10-2021, 02:24 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-10-2021, 02:16 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: No one drafts irrespective of need.

Need and positional value play a role in nearly every decision.

There may be a mid round or some late round picks that are pure BAP but that almost never happens before the fourth round regardless of Baalkes or anyone else’s comments suggesting otherwise.

Especially when a team isn’t already a playoff caliber team.

Be that as it may, the question still stands.  To the extent we have strengths, when would it be acceptable to draft to those strengths?  What strong positions could we fortify and not have you complain about not addressing a need?  (Not painting you as a malcontent..just as a general proposition)

There is no single, definitive answer.  The relative differences in the team's strength at different positions, value of positions and quality of players available are all factors.  No GM is ever going to automatically take the BAP, regardless of their draft "strategy''.  As a general rule, I always want the player who most improves the team.  

Unless they made public their player rankings, how would we ever know anyway?  Now that would be fun!  Imagine if every team was required to submit a copy of their "board"  just before round 1 started.  Lock them up in a safe, on stage right next to Goodell, to be published after the draft ended.

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