(05-01-2021, 02:47 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(05-01-2021, 02:42 PM)Sibelius Wrote: naw, the point is that nodding your head and smiling like an idiot with each pick is mentally vacant. And when you see a team making picks that appear irrational, there's no reason NOT to call the team out for it.

Exactly. There's so many new people on this board during the draft that want to praise every pick the team makes, then they disappear forever. You know there are internet companies now that hire people to go on message boards and praise their products? I wonder if these posters are plants, hired by the team? I bet 99% of these first time posters disappear after the draft.

There are often an influx of new fans during a draft (see this board after we picked Matt Jones).  I think that effect is magnified this year given Trevor Lawrence. But I agree completely that being a Stepford fan is no better than reflexively bashing everything the team does.  There's a whole lot of nuance in between those two extremes that make discussing on the boards enjoyable.  That's what I look for and that's what I often strive for in my posts...the angle I never considered that changes the analysis...the angle that can challenge a dominant but perhaps faulty paradigm.

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