The talking heads like Mayock don't have access to all of the information that a team has. I believe Polian was talking about this the other day on Sirius NFL radio. Guys like he and Kiper are information gatherers, not true talent evaluators. I have a feeling that their big boards are heavily influenced by the indications they get from their conversations with teams on where a player may go in the draft rather then them looking at tape of 300 players and ranking them. They look at tape too, but their opinions aren't solely based on that. I think Mayock making this declaration now is more about where he's discovered Bridgewater's value around the league really is. Rather than look really foolish come draft day where he has him rated number 1 for QBs and watches QB after QB get taken ahead of him, he opted to take the little bit of heat he's getting by making an about face on Bridgewater now. For the record, of the talking heads, I prefer Mayock's personality to that of Kiper or McShay or anyone else. At the very least, he seems like he knows what he's talking about more so than the others, whether that's true or not is certainly up for debate.

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