(03-06-2019, 09:21 AM)JackCity Wrote:

(03-06-2019, 09:07 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: As probably the most vocal proponent of pure BAP on the board I'm just tired of repeatedly educating people about why it's the only sensible method of drafting only to be presented with arguments about how using draft selections to fill roster holes somehow makes sense. It doesn't. BAP drafting is about keeping your window open over the long term by taking great players and leave the "roster filling" for your opponents. Needs drafting is about passing on Jordan for Sam Bowie because you just took a guard and why would you need an all time great player when you think what you really need is to fill a roster spot?

Need is already factored into every BAP pick.

That's not an argument against or about pure BAP. I know every GM lies and says they're taking BAP when what they're really doing is taking need, but that says nothing about actual BAP. Taking BAP is about taking Mahomes instead of fournette even though you think Bortles is good enough.

Really the biggest problem with true BAP is that it seems most NFL people aren't actually capable of evaluating players better than a well educated fan can. Need is easy to evaluate, actual NFL projection is hard, so they see a bunch of guys and they can't really tell who's better, so they instead take a guy they know they have a positional need for.

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