(05-09-2024, 03:03 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Either way, the "2nd round comp" narrative is a bit of a stretch.  Even if you assign all picks current year values, you have to assign them mid-round value at best.  The middle of round 3 (without including compensatory picks) is worth 187.5 points.  The middle of round 4 (without including compensatory picks) is worth 61 points.  So, combined that's 248.5 points, plus pick 167 in this draft which is worth another 24.6 points which gets the total to 273.1 points which is the equivalent value of between pick 63 or 64 which are the last two picks in round 2.  I'm of the mind that future picks should be devalued a bit for the time value aspect, but even if you don't do that, saying "2nd round comp" is a bit misleading for me because if it were instead an actual future 2nd round pick, that pick number could wind up as high as pick number 33 depending on the Viking's fortunes this upcoming season.  With the picks as they are, the highest point total this could climb to if the Vikings wind up with the worst record is the equivalent of pick 52.  But if you're accounting for what the point total could rise to using current values, you have to keep in mind it could also conversely wind up at less than 2nd round value if the Vikings make the playoffs next year.

I'm not upset with the comp.  If you traded back 6 spots and still got your guy or one of your guys which it feels like we did and also picked up a 3 and 4 next year, I'm happy about that.  I just don't need the sunshine and rainbows narrative sold to me about how valuable the comp was when any level of scrutiny applied to it has you walking away disagreeing with that narrative.  At the end of the day, it will be what we do with those picks that matters, not the point values.  It'll be something else to watch for next draft assuming we don't involve them in another trade for future picks further down the line.