Christian McCaffrey

[vaturkey]

If he's on the top of our board and he's significantly better then the obvious DE or a TE then you take him and don't look back. Some folks are comparing him with Tavon Austin from the Ram's, but there is no comparison. Christian is bigger (3" and 25 lbs) and runs great routes and has a lot more power then Austin. He actually knows how to play football. Austin doesn't. Jimmy used to say you want difference makers on each side of the ball who can either score for you or keep the other side from scoring. Above, said, let see what happens during free agency and what holes we need to fill and then determine our needs. I don't think Jerry is going to do nothing during the Free Agency period when we are so close to being something pretty special.

 

[DFWJC]

If he's on the top of our board and he's significantly better then the obvious DE or a TE then you take him and don't look back. Some folks are comparing him with Tavon Austin from the Ram's, but there is no comparison. Christian is bigger (3" and 25 lbs) and runs great routes and has a lot more power then Austin. He actually knows how to play football. Austin doesn't. Jimmy used to say you want difference makers on each side of the ball who can either score for you or keep the other side from scoring. Above, said, let see what happens during free agency and what holes we need to fill and then determine our needs. I don't think Jerry is going to do nothing during the Free Agency period when we are so close to being something pretty special.

Yeah, if a player is WAY higher on your board than anyone else remaining, you have two choices of equal value..imo:
1) take the player
2) trade down and add picks

If its a position you do t feel you have big need for, you take optuon 2 whenever possible. Otherwise, take the player and roll with it.
What you do t do is take a player in the late 1st that you have graded in the late 2nd just for "need"

 

[AzorAhai]

What you do t do is take a player in the late 1st that you have graded in the late 2nd just for "need"

That's how you end up looking bad on picks, not by drafting for need. I hate it when people act like BPA is the only way you get All-Pros and picking for need is the only way you draft busts. It's some stupid black and white outlook that people think sounds good. In reality it's just a load of crap that not a single team in football does.

Nobody grades 500 players and takes whoever is highest on the board. That's what half of the people here think though.

 

[DFWJC]

That's how you end up looking bad on picks, not by drafting for need. I hate it when people act like BPA is the only way you get All-Pros and picking for need is the only way you draft busts. It's some stupid black and white outlook that people think sounds good. In reality it's just a load of crap that not a single team in football does.

Nobody grades 500 players and takes whoever is highest on the board. That's what half of the people here think though.

Yeah...no way BPA is anywhere close to black and white.
For starters, regardless of draft boards, teams group their rankings in tiers. Thats how you get the best players at positions of need.

And then, of course, teams trade down and up to not go overboard over or underdrafting.....and to at least try to match value with need.

But for example, if you have aaron rodgers and the 1st pick in the draft...and there are QBs at the top of you board but you need a pass rusher...and the best one on your board is not amazing but worth a 1st rounder...you flat out trade down and cash in with mutiple picks AND adress your need vs taking a freaking QB.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Christian McCaffrey

Don't see how he improves the pass rush.