(02-26-2021, 10:05 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(02-25-2021, 08:57 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: This has been said many times, there is rare accasions you don't draft BPA, like if a guy wouldn't see the field or start or if you are stacked at a certain position.  Jones wouldn't see the field because of Lawrence.  90% of the time though yiu take BPA.  Arians said it best, drafting need gets yoiu fired ala Dave Caldwell.  LT/RT is a more important position but give me the better player that's why I would tag Cam if we feel we can't get Okung or Williams that way we aren't backed into the corner to take a tackle.  Im not sure how DJ drafts,  Im with the GMs that draft BPA like Ozzie Newsome did 90% of the time

Why does the Venn diagram have to be two separate circles? And how do you know what Ozzie did? Without his board, you have no way to say with certainty that he was ever picking strictly by BPA or not blending value with need.

what you are describing is exactly what everyone else is saying - the best player available is a fluid ranking - a blend of need, talent, availability, and other factors. Nobody iis going in with a list of players ranked 1-400 and taking from the top every time it's their turn to choose. But you are right - if you take an OT at 25, and when 33 comes up, if OT is at the top of your board, and is head and shoulders above the rest of the guys available, the savvy GM either needs to find a trade partner to move off the pick and use that value elsewhere in the darft, or he's sacrificing value by taking a lower-tier athlete with the pick. Of course, you could get greedy and just take two of the top OT prospects and laugh at the other GMs...

All GMs dont draft the same, some prioritize need much over BPA than others.  Do you really think Caldwell had Henderson as the top player on his board as well as Chaisson ?  Of course he will say he did but I'm not buying that.  If we didn't trade Ramsey and Yawn I dont think either would of been the pick and we most likely would have taken Wirfs and Jefferson.  You can believe CJ and Chaisson were the top guys on his board but I'm not.

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