(08-03-2022, 08:34 PM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(08-03-2022, 08:07 AM)Mikey Wrote: ...so if Joe Burrow was available in April, take him at R1 P1? Or, for argument's sake, Dabo managed to clone TLaw. You'd say he's better than Walker, right? better than Hutch?

sometimes it not as simple as "take the best guy and sort it out later"

So you think if the Jaguars are staring another elite QB prospect in the face they should take a second round graded wide receiver and leave the elite QB prospect in the board for a rival to just take for free?

Sally I think most NFL GMs aren't that much more intelligent than an average message board poster, which probably explains why they so often do what you seem to indicate you'd do.

Are you saying our biggest need is second round graded WR?

This is sliding the goalposts waaaaaay back, but in the spirit of your highly unlikely scenario, no, I don't take the WR at that pick. If I am dead-set on a lower-graded WR, I trade with someone looking at that QB, get some extra value from moving to where the WR I covet fits better, and still get the guy I want assuming that I am satisfied with the QB I have.

Now, for a dose of reality, I will say it would be a complete impossibility that my board at R1 P1 was "elite QB", "2nd Rd WR" and nobody else. See how foolish your argument sounds now? I asked a specific question. Last April. Joe Burrow or TLaw's clone is on the board. What do you do? Stick with Walker, pass on both QBs and Walker for someone else? Trade the selection?

All those options are valuations of not only the players, but the team's needs at those positions, the value of the pick/player to other teams, and so on.

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