The thing about BAP is that "need" is almost always factored into a draft pick. Its why the debates of which is better never really made sense to me.

It may not be need for right now, but rather a need in a year, or maybe even 2. Take Taven Bryan for example, was he a need or a BAP pick? On the surface people may have said have said BAP, but in reality he was a player at a valuable position , who was really high on our board and covered a future need with Malik being cut a year later. Same with Ronnie Harrison in the 3rd.

For this years draft, if we are truly skipping on QB with Foles coming I think you can make an argument for a pass rusher at #7.

Offense is where we clearly need upgrades, so tackles like Jonah Williams and Taylor make sense. Hockenson and Fant are elite level prospects at TE which is a huge need (but overall is not that valuable of a position) and WR (which is by far the deepest position in the draft class with a few ??? about the guys projected to go in the first). In theory though, if you have a guy pegged as becoming an elite top tier pass rusher in NFL i think you have to consider it too. Calais and Yannick are a great tandem but A) Calais is fairly old and you never know when the drop off is coming and B) We have miserable depth behind them.
Similarly at the moment our main source of interior disruption is gonna Taven Bryan who looks like he needs a lot of development to be depended on in that role and Calais when he fills in there (who fills in outside when he's there??).

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