(02-25-2021, 07:30 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(02-25-2021, 07:16 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: You have no idea what their board looks like (and neither do I).

My point is that you’re calling certain players reaches when in reality, you have absolutely no clue if they’re reaches or not. You just personally don’t like certain players.

You are still missing the point and I'm not sure if you will ever get it.  Of course we don't know what their boards look like we are talking about what we feel like they should do.  It's highly unlikely they will have all those tackles at the top of the board when it's our pick at 25.  If they do feel they are the BPA then take him, but don't just take him because we need a tackle when we have other players rated higher that's sitting there like if their board was identical to DJs, they need to take Moehrig if he's available

We go through this every year, too. Outside of top 5 or maybe 10, I highly doubt any team has a strictly ordinal ranking of every player available. Players are going to be in clusters. You're going to be weighing position of need, the draft pick's potential value, whether there are comparable players available later in the darft, scheme fit, and many other factors when making choices. It's not blind picking for need. It's not looking at a list and taking the top guy on the list every time.

With respect to your statement, though, if we have Moehrig, Mayfield, Eichenberg as late-first, early second rankings and all three are available, taking the safety may make me shoot my television, especially if Cam is gone and we miss out on Wiliams/Brown.

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