Deep_Freeze
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jnday;4434853 said:I think it is a black and white subject . If DeCastro is the best player available at 14 , then he should be the pick . Free agency shouldn't play into it . If DeCastro is not the BPA , I have no problem with picking another player . I don't believe in drafting for offense or defense , just the BPA . DeCastro looks to be the BPA at 14 with the info we have now . It is all speculation at this point .
Well I guess that is where we are a lil different. Although I always want BPA, the higher up the draft you are drafting, the more you have to take need into account.
If I'm drafting in the 5th round, I would go with BPA regardless of need cause you are just trying to pick talent that could stick to the roster at that point on talent alone. But in the first round, the needs of the team also need to be taken into account, which makes who we already have on the team along with who we get in free agency more important.
We won't draft a Tannehill in the first round even if he is BPA, cause of our non-need of a QB. Now if Luck or RG3 were available at 14 (yeah right), then BPA would take over cause he is just too much talent to avoid. Later in the draft we could go a BPA and draft a QB alot easier. This is an extreme case, but the point is needs are still at least a portion of the equation that early in the draft.