I hear a lot of praise for Will McClay and his influence on jerry and stephen when it comes to draft selections . But do we actually know how effective he has been ? The latest draft picks have not been that great ( Gregory , Taco , Trysten Hill , LVE injury history etc ) ? Does he make the final decisions anyway ? Any inside knowledge or thoughts on McClay ?
McClay and his team provide the scouting and relative rankings/values of prospects as well as all current NFL players throughout the league.
He does NOT make the draft picks
He provides his input based on all the normal NFL scouting inputs (production, measurables, etc) but has to add details on scheme fit etc.
His scouting team's input is combined with the coaches and front office's perspective to create the final player rankings. But his group's input is the foundation
Again, he does not personally make the picks.
For example, my guess is that he had Watt ranked higher than Taco overall, but Marinelli's input/preferences pushed Taco forward.