(05-01-2024, 12:57 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(05-01-2024, 11:24 AM)Jags32250 Wrote:
So you want to draft depth rather than higher graded players with starter grades in those high picks???

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Also, level of competition can significantly alter these ratings in college. NFL charts give a better picture of the player as competition is much closer to even across the league.

This is how Chicago started the darft with 4 picks and made one of them on a punter. We had a vacuum at K, and took one when the run was on. That one didn't upset me so much. Question is, if you don't take him in the 6th, does anyone else take him? IIRC he was the last kicker taken. Other teams brought in UDFA.

If we are that worried about KR, pretty sure you can grab a guy who does "run fast" in UDFA. We passed up on a lot of linemen who might help keep Trevor upright once the KR's job is done. So yeah, I put a heap more value on quality depth (Christian Mahogany went in the sixth!) than I do a specialist.

It sounds like you are upset about how they chose to prioritize their needs from round to round rather than whether or not they addressed needs. 

I see every pick they made as a clear need except for maybe the 7th rounder developmental long shot tweener.

I think the new rules dictated they go after another return guy. The question is if they player is valuable enough to pick the need when they picked it instead of waiting later or for UDFA? 

The DT/NT in the fourth instead of IOL is the only one sticking in my craw for now. But it was a need.

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