Quote:the point is that you can't measure many variables until they actually play in the NFL.  height, speed, quickness, and things like that are easier to see.  So if you look at two prospects before the draft and they appear to be equal in most categories (instincts, route running, football IQ, ect.), you take the taller and faster guy. 

 

 

Sure. I'd agree with the logic....if both players were in the same draft. But in this case, comparing Julio/AJ Green/Dez to the current crop of receivers doesn't work. If Cooper or White are BAP at our pick, then they are the best pick to make- regardless of their height vs Julio and even if they aren't as great of a prospect.

 

By that line of reasoning, every receiver taken before pick 16 is a reach because Jerry Rice was the best to ever do it, and you should only take a receiver before 16 if he can be better than Jerry Rice.

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