Drafting at a premium

[dwmyers]

I recently reviewed the book War Room, by Michael Holley. Bill B had some interesting thoughts on drafting players above value in Chapter 14. I turned this into a short blog article..

http://codeandfootball.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/drafting-at-a-premium/

Excerpt:

The Patriots aren’t the only team that practices the overdraft or the premium draft. If the Eagles really like someone, they tend to take them a round ahead of where he is commonly valued. Odd that teams that maintain plenty of draft picks practice this. Offhand, I can recall the Eagles doing this for Derrick Burgess (generally viewed as a fourth rounder). The Steelers have done this as well; they drafted Casey Hampton a full round above his common valuation.

In the 2012 draft class, players who appear to be attracting premium attention (we’re a day before the draft, mind you) are...