Defining a good draft choice

[ShiningStar]

To each their own

 

[erod]

What I expect from draftees:

1st round- Pro bowl player, core starter
2nd- Very solid starter
3rd- Starting quality player or great depth
4th- Depth, rotational talent, future starter
5th- Special teams ace, KR/PR, good depth, project player with high upside, rotational talent, future starter
6th- project player, specialty (K/P/FB) player, special teams ace
7th- project player, specialty player, special teams ace

I'm sure many people see it the same way. With that being said, to be a Super Bowl contender in the salary cap era, you have to get lucky and hit on some great talents and pull some "2nd round" starting quality players out of the later rounds of the draft.

The question is; do you allow some fantastic late round finds be a point of forgiveness for some early round gaffes?

The 90s Cowboys offensive line was all undrafted guys and third round picks.

 

[ShiningStar]

The 90s Cowboys offensive line was all undrafted guys and third round picks.

different era in play nor a days. What colleges instilled what back than compared to now a days. Just a different game, and the coaching back than compared to today has a big say.

 

[sureletsrace]

The 90s Cowboys offensive line was all undrafted guys and third round picks.

Yep. It's obviously great to get amazing talent in the mid to late rounds. My post is just more of what I expect out of a player when drafted in a given round. You don't typically draft a guy in the 6th round and expect him to be a Pro Bowler, though it does happen and it's great when it does.

 

[tyke1doe]

Nobody really cares in five years what round a guy was drafted in.

Did you get impactful players or not? That's the measure.

I think they care if the player you picked turns out to be worse than the player you passed on, especially high in the draft.