Ignore defense entirely this offseason?

[Risen Star]

I would never approach a draft ignoring anything. It's not a need filling exercise. You're there to acquire talent.

[Deep_Freeze]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

I would never approach a draft ignoring anything. It's not a need filling exercise. You're there to acquire talent.

I think we will have to repeat this over and over again all offseason in every thread.

[jobberone]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

I would never approach a draft ignoring anything. It's not a need filling exercise. You're there to acquire talent.

I believe you draft the BPA at a position of need using a tier system. However, I agree with you about drafting talent first. If you use a tier system then you'd better be reasonably accurate about it o/w you'll find yourself reaching. Talent first, need second.

[Deep_Freeze]

Originally Posted by jobberone

I believe you draft the BPA at a position of need using a tier system. However, I agree with you about drafting talent first. If you use a tier system then you'd better be reasonably accurate about it o/w you'll find yourself reaching. Talent first, need second.

Need has to a part of it, a smaller part though. At the end of the day, you want more talent on your team, and no reaching just cause you want a certain position. You don't reach for the next tier of player at a position just cause you need that position, you go after the talent that is there.

I just wish more people would realize that instead of just saying what we need to do in the draft, cause it doesn't work like that at all, especially the later you go into the draft.

[jobberone]

Originally Posted by Deep_Freeze

Need has to a part of it, a smaller part though. At the end of the day, you want more talent on your team, and no reaching just cause you want a certain position. You don't reach for the next tier of player at a position just cause you need that position, you go after the talent that is there.

I just wish more people would realize that instead of just saying what we need to do in the draft, cause it doesn't work like that at all, especially the later you go into the draft.

Sure, you go into the draft with needs, wants and musts but you draft talent first. You have your eyes on certain players and you can try to jockey around to get them but you need to be careful with all that maneuvering.......right, Jerry?

[Aven8]

Originally Posted by erod

Should Dallas just ignore the defense altogether this offseason and draft?

Saturday, 149 points were scored in two games. Not a lick of defense to speak of. Pretty much the same thing yesterday outside of Patriots defense that stood up in stretches. The LOSING teams scored 35, 31, 28, and 28 points.

So why even bother spending big money and top picks on defense?

The read option is going to be especially unfair to defenses. Colin Kaepernick ran for 179 yards WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED ONCE. How is that possible in the NFL, to run 179 yards without someone so much as laying a finger on you? Literally, it did.

[View Full Quote]A quarterback can run around all over, then just when the hit is coming....sssslllliiiiiiiddddeeee to safety. Nary a hang nail. Add that to the four-inch tackle box defenders are allowed to hit a QB in the pocket, plus the bevy of creative ways to call interference/holding/contact on a defensive back, and I don't know exactly what a defensive coordinator is supposed to do.

So I implore Valley Ranch to draft and acquire offense, offense, offense. It's only logical.

Because that's football today in the Madden videogame world.

Ahhh, the "wildcat" was unstoppable as well for a bit, but somehow NFL defense always find a way to figure these kind of things out. You can count on that. Then what?

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by jobberone

I believe you draft the BPA at a position of need using a tier system. However, I agree with you about drafting talent first. If you use a tier system then you'd better be reasonably accurate about it o/w you'll find yourself reaching. Talent first, need second.

I agree. I think you have to look at both BPA and position of need.