(02-28-2024, 05:22 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(02-28-2024, 05:14 PM)Caldrac Wrote: It's a hard job, for sure. I think it's easier when it's just average joe's and jane's looking at big boards, youtube highlights and not actually in a War Room with 15 minutes on the clock and a bunch of people looking at you like a puppy with beggar's look in their eyes. 

Only one team wins the Superbowl every year, and, while it's impressive that some teams can build really good rosters and find really good players in various rounds? It means [BLEEP] all once their contracts expire, someone gets injured or they simply keep falling short and run out of time. 

Nobody's going to remember John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan the way that they will remember Brett Veach and Andy Reid. It's just the way it is.

The draft should be the easy part because at that point the board is made and just follow your board.  The one thing we don't get is the interviews.  The interview process is something that should break some players you have rated equally if one interview goes better than the other.  They also deep dive into their background something we can't really do.

It's not as easy as just following a draft board, particularly when you're adding in draft-day trades.  I think something that doesn't get talked about enough, is all of the non-executed trades.  The GM has to continuously value draft capital (picks) vs the players that are still available.  Whether player X is or isn't worth trading up for and if so how much is he worth? Do you think player Y will be available after trading down, is taking a chance he's not worth a 2nd round pick, or is it worth a 2nd and next years 3rd, etc.

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