(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.

Exactly. It's easier to find KR/PRs and special teamers as UDFAs if you're deficient than interior O-line. Every draft has late rounders who blossom into starters. No reason Baalke couldn't have taken a flier on an interior OL in the 6th and 7th rather than effectively giving up and using the picks on UDFAs he was prioritizing.

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