Ex-scout: Goff a top-five pick, Paxton Lynch the better prospect

[csirl]

I'm not sure how you think boards are put together, but if a team thinks a QB is going to be a franchise player they won't be ranked 15th. And, no that is not how teams draft. Not good ones anyways. Reaching for need is exactly how you end up getting a Jake Locker over JJ Watt.

or Troy Aikman over Tony Mandarich (who was the 'consenus' best player in the 1989 draft).

 

[AzorAhai]

or Troy Aikman over Tony Mandarich (who was the 'consenus' best player in the 1989 draft).

Was Troy Aikman ranked 15th or lower? No, so whatever point you think you are making is irrelevant.

 

[csirl]

Was Troy Aikman ranked 15th or lower? No, so whatever point you think you are making is irrelevant.

Drafting BPA is not a good strategy for a team with very obvious holes to fill. You build through the draft. You use your high draft picks to address your greatest needs. You pick the players you need regardless of the views of the draftniks. Who cares if the pundits rate a player a few places higher or lower.

In the scheme of things whether a player is rated 10 places higher or lower is immaterial. No player evaluation system is good enough to predict to that level of accuracy.

 

[AzorAhai]

Drafting BPA is not a good strategy for a team with very obvious holes to fill. You build through the draft. You use your high draft picks to address your greatest needs. You pick the players you need regardless of the views of the draftniks. Who cares if the pundits rate a player a few places higher or lower.

In the scheme of things whether a player is rated 10 places higher or lower is immaterial. No player evaluation system is good enough to predict to that level of accuracy.

This is complete nonsense. BPA is the only viable way to draft. You obviously are clueless. Not going to waste anymore time with you.

 

[MarkP88]

I agree BPA is the way to go. But BPA doesn't necessarily mean best player in year one of his career. You need to think longer term than that, especially when you have the opportunity to draft at #4.

 

[Nightman]

This is complete nonsense. BPA is the only viable way to draft. You obviously are clueless. Not going to waste anymore time with you.

BPA is the biggest myth going.

Every team adds plenty of rules and exceptions.

"We take BPA all the time, except if he is a RB or a OG or a TE or a LB and only in the first round but not if we can trade back."

There are many viable ways to approach the draft and it must be combined with FA and retention philosophies.