(04-18-2024, 07:08 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(04-18-2024, 05:59 AM)RicoTx Wrote: Because he was such a great drafter...

He was in the league almost 50 years.  He can look back and knows what works and what doesn't.  He knows how teams operate pre draft.  You would be an idiot to think he doesn't know what he's talking about.  When you are picking at the bottom of the draft for 20+ years it's a little different.  He also drafted the GOAT and built 6 SB winning rosters.  I'd say he did well enough at the bottom of those drafts.

using a lot of present tense here when the preterite is more appropriate.

Go back and look at that '99 darft, it was a stinker. He got so very lucky that Brady was a whole lot more than anyone expected.
I'll grant that he is a fabulous student of the game and strategist, but rarely was he winning in the darft. Having QB set in stone saved them a lot of desperation and gave them leverage to take advantage of less disciplined teams on darft day, where they amassed volumes of picks.

Compared to a guy like Ozzie Newsome, Belichick wasn't anything special when it came to evaluating talent.

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