(05-20-2021, 11:23 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(05-20-2021, 06:44 PM)Jags32250 Wrote: Homeboy is making zero sense.  I think he dug himself a hole and is being to proud to see it any other way.

This has nothing to do with pride, "homeboy." This has everything to do with the process and lack of research that was put into making this selection. If you can't see that, you're blind. You simply don't spend high draft picks on players who haven't played a full game since their freshman season. This isn't the NBA, it's the NFL. You need a much more complete resume in order to form an educated opinion on the guy. I will always believe this.

I understand this, but I think you are combining two process philosophies:
1) You need guys who played a lot of games/tape to draw opinion.
2) You cannot draft guys who haven't played in long time.

While both makes sense and I'm sure many teams use those adjust their draft board. Even guys who meet those qualification have a low hit rate. So if your draft room, scouts, and all think they have done the due diligence or have a few more ears to the ground, it can makes a sense to take a few risks. For example, lots of players are drafted high as red-shirt juniors with only 1 season of tape or as starters. That is always a risk that people discuss, but if they had more tape they all would have become high 1st draft picks. Its about all the additional knowledge you get on the guy

Additionally, for the second philosophy, not drafting guys who haven't played in a while makes sense normally, but I  this is a special year that each team has to look at opt outs who didn't play because of the circumstances not because they were hurt. Yes that can make it tough to judge, but the certainty you want would only be found in a OT that ranked in the top 15 of the draft.

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