(10-30-2023, 12:42 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-30-2023, 12:33 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: And a few years ago we drafted a guy in the first round who played the most valuable position of all of them- QB.  Blake Bortles!  Or Blaine Gabbert!  How'd that work out?  You don't pick players solely by position.  And you should never rule out a player because of his position.  You have to evaluate the individual player.  Not just the position he plays.

And as far as your rule- only good teams should draft RBs in the first round- we drafted on anyway and now we're a good team.  So what good was that rule?   

Spending premium draft capital on positions of lesser value when you aren't set at the more valuable ones is unwise. 
You can argue that until you are blue in the face but 90% of GMs around the league are gonna side with me. 

Yes, yes, rare talents can create exceptions to the rule but it still presents a major gamble. Roll the dice at your own peril.

No, a major gamble is spending premium draft capital on a guy because of the position he plays without factoring in the talent levels of the choices you have.  

It's positional value plus talent level.  Every NFL GM in the league is going to side with me on that one.  And it's not a rare event when talent level trumps positional value.  It happens all the time.  Otherwise, the entire first round would be nothing but Quarterbacks.

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