CowboysZone Draft Board

[jswalker1981]

I was thinking, after seeing the PFW draft board, that we should create our own CowboysZone draft board. We rank players based on which round we think they will go in, we average them up, and then post the draft board before the draft. I started doing this using BAN-INCOMING-IN-3-2-1's rankings since they project draft round. But when it came to defense, I only included 3-4 DE, NT, and 3-4 OLB instead of DEs, DTs, and 4-3 OLBs, since it would pertain only to our team.

If any of you are interested, send me a PM. The more involved, the better an average we can have. Also, try to stay level headed about certain players. Just because you wouldn't draft Janoris Jenkins until the 7th round doesn't actually mean he won't get picked till the 7th round. Be realistic.

 

[NeonDeion21]

I was thinking, after seeing the PFW draft board, that we should create our own CowboysZone draft board. We rank players based on which round we think they will go in, we average them up, and then post the draft board before the draft. I started doing this using BAN-INCOMING-IN-3-2-1's rankings since they project draft round. But when it came to defense, I only included 3-4 DE, NT, and 3-4 OLB instead of DEs, DTs, and 4-3 OLBs, since it would pertain only to our team.

If any of you are interested, send me a PM. The more involved, the better an average we can have. Also, try to stay level headed about certain players. Just because you wouldn't draft Janoris Jenkins until the 7th round doesn't actually mean he won't get picked till the 7th round. Be realistic.

What about doing a Big Board based on where we think they SHOULD go? I always wanted to do something similar to your idea.

 

[jswalker1981]

What about doing a Big Board based on where we think they SHOULD go? I always wanted to do something similar to your idea.

I think that is fine. For instance some people think Joe Adams will be picked earlier rather than later. I just don't want some crazy logic like, "I'd never draft him, so he is a 7th rd pick on my board." If you'd never take him, just don't list him, putting a guy way later than you know he is going to get picked will just skew the average. It's your opinion, and that's what I want to capture. None of us are true "draft experts" (not sure any really exist). But I think it would be cool to see a guy get picked and say, "WE thought he'd go in this round instead of that round".

 

[NeonDeion21]

I think that is fine. For instance some people think Joe Adams will be picked earlier rather than later. I just don't want some crazy logic like, "I'd never draft him, so he is a 7th rd pick on my board." If you'd never take him, just don't list him, putting a guy way later than you know he is going to get picked will just skew the average. It's your opinion, and that's what I want to capture. None of us are true "draft experts" (not sure any really exist). But I think it would be cool to see a guy get picked and say, "WE thought he'd go in this round instead of that round".

Exactly. It would be cool to see a guy available for Dallas at let's say #45 and say, "The best player left on the CZ big board is rated #26 overall. He is the BPA."

 

[Duane]

CowboyJoe probably already has something he's put together. That might be a good starting point for a CZ ranking list.

 

[pupulehaole]

Won't work on this board lol, buncha teenage girls on this board.

 

[xwalker]

I can update this based on board input.

Here are the top 75 to start:

http://www.walker-texas.com/2012-draft-board.jpg

 

[NeonDeion21]

I can update this based on board input.

Here are the top 75 to start:

http://www.walker-texas.com/2012-draft-board.jpg

Awesome. Are we going to base this on where they will go? Or will we base it on where we think they should go based off talent?

 

[jswalker1981]

Awesome. Are we going to base this on where they will go? Or will we base it on where we think they should go based off talent?

I think we should do it just the same as the PFW draft board. Where we think they should go based off talent. There may be more than 32 first round talents, so what! This shouldn't be made to equal amount of players per round to number of draft picks in a particular round.

 

[xwalker]

I think we should do it just the same as the PFW draft board. Where we think they should go based off talent. There may be more than 32 first round talents, so what! This shouldn't be made to equal amount of players per round to number of draft picks in a particular round.

Ok, give me your inputs based on talent.

 

[jswalker1981]

Ok, give me your inputs based on talent.

Can you break your board out by position as well, or at least list positions next to their name? It will be easier to track them during the draft that way. Also, how to do you plan on averaging out the projections? Let's say I just go by round, not breaking down which part of the round like you have. Are you assigning a numeric value to each projection, i.e. 1 for 1A, 1.33 for 1B, 1.66 for 1C.

 

[xwalker]

I can make some changes after the 1st round of input.

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4500787#post4500787

 

[YosemiteSam]

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[jterrell]

we will have 30 people with different opinions.
might make for a solid consensus but my guess is the large the input the more average it looks.

which just means we'd probably end up like everyone else after all the hard work