Yeah I'd agree we do seem to historically have more success in rounds 2/3 ... However, whether it's statistically correct (or very possibly not) it has just always seemed like the standard of player, (or at least the capacity for finding starters) especially at the blue chip positions tends to drops off through the fourth most years. Just a personal opinion or feeling! And whilst I wouldn't disagree with your point on our success, or lack thereof, in the fourth ... given the absolute state of us through the last ten years im always a wee bit cautious reading too much into jaguar drafting ... We've not always knocked it over the bleachers in the first either    A large part of our lack of success is admittedly just that we've not always been particularly good at identifying and drafting those players, and other franchises have been more efficient. There's been more than a few occasions when even folk on this board have been identifying players in the later rounds who have proved to be sensible picks, Salyer was one recently in particular who springs to mind!

A sweeping generalisation i appreciate and certainly not applicable every year but most drafts i go into thinking the same thing, try and look after anything above a fourth and play as fast and loose as you want with your late rounders where you can.

As with anything in life there are exceptions, it's not a hard and fast rule, more a sensible starting position and especially with drafting later this year and there being considerably more variables. If Baalke feels there's a can't miss guy he's probably earned the right to make that move ... However he does it if he comes out of this draft with a starting OL, TE and nickel and I'd probably say thanks very much right now and move on.

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