(08-04-2022, 10:03 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-04-2022, 09:59 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Now we've got a minimum of three different definitions of BAP and "needs drafting" flying around

LOL

What i know to be true is that GMs will take a player they need over the player at the top of their board regularly.

It's how far down their board they reach that matters.

Often they don't have to reach very far to find value and I fully support that method over acquiring redundant talent in the name of the BAP gods. 

For some reason, several folks think this common methodology is a great sin.

I do not.

Of course, exceptions exist if you want to hypothesize specific scenarios, but this [BLEEP] is as common on draft day as sand in the desert.

People have draft ideologies.  They stick to their principles.  Just like this idea that you would never draft a RB in the first round.  It's just dogma.  There are too many other factors that go into that decision to make a blanket statement like that.

As I said, exceptions exist.

I'd take a RB in the first round if my roster was well rounded with starters at positions of greater value, and a player I deemed "very rare" in talent was available at RB. 

Perfect storm scenarios alter typical methodology. 

I'll leave it alone for a while after this post, but all I'm trying to get across is that GMs pass up the top guy on their board all the time to select a player more valuable to their roster needs -  and I don't get why ppl continually think that it is uncommon or bad. 
It's normal. 

Posters tell me "GM so-and-so would NEVER do that." 
Really?  If I can show you 4 examples of that GM trading UP to select a player his roster needed, why would you think he's above seeking out needs in the draft? 
I just don't understand the odd misperception that crowd is clinging to, but whatevs. I'll put down my torch and get off my soapbox until next year's draft. 

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More On Topic:

I'm very excited to see Etienne on the field this year. 
My travel schedule is light this Fall, so I'll get to actually attend most of the home games in OCT/NOV/DEC  
Can't wait for us all to have some good stuff to talk about here. 
Drinking the kool-aid by the gulp right now.

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