(03-30-2024, 12:16 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(03-30-2024, 11:03 AM)Jag149 Wrote: BPA vs need draft discussion season firing up right on time. It does give the anti-Baalkie crowd a chance to take a few shots.  The  Muma pick was a strict BPA pick. Baalkie said as much when interviewed after the draft. So on the surface the BPAc rowd should put that in the plus column.  Personally I am neither BPA or needs drafting. Maybe call it relative BPA.

I’m not need or BPA drafting. I’m more about value.

And there was no value in selecting Muma at pick 70. There’s no chance he was rated that much higher than other players at positions that could have helped the Jags. The best case for Muma would have been for Foye or Lloyd to get hurt so he could actually see the field.

At this point, he’s a wasted top 70 pick. They’ll need to figure out if they want to re sign him without ever actually seeing him on the field.

Personally I would think of BPA and most valuable as the same, but regardless, the problem with Muma isn't that they took a linebacker in the third round. If he were another Daryl Smith or Mike Peterson it would be fine to spend a third round pick on him.

The problem with Muma is the problem most of the players Baalke has taken have, he's not good. It looks like Baalke is either incapable of determining ability for players, or he's so focused on what he thinks of as needs that he's reaching badly for bad players to fill roster spots.

Considering most of his picks don't seem to particularly fill need, either, I'm thinking he's just an awful talent evaluator.

He should have been shown the door with Urban. The next best time to show him the door is right now.

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