Quote:So a team picking a player 10th overall has absolutely ZERO expectation that player will make any sort of positive impact, irrespective of whether he plays his assignment?

 

The only thing I care about is how the player is grading out on the football field in comparison to his peers and competition in his assigned role.  I don't care if a former first rounder is only 5% better than a guy picked in the 7th round, I want the best player playing and on the field.  

 

When the NFL scoreboard starts incorporating a draft positioning into the sliding scale to determine who wins football games, I'll feel differently.    Right now, when a player drafted with the first pick in the draft scores a touchdown his team is alloted 6 points and an extra kick, same as an undrafted free agent.    Therefore I don't care about how they were attained when evaluating the player.     You can't change where a player was picked, therefore you shouldn't waste a single second letting it factor into your decision making as to who should or shouldn't play.  

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