DFWJC
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If you pick a player who turns out to not perform at or near the level that you picked him in, then you did overdraft him.
What concensus mocks and pundits say before or during a draft have no bearing on whether a player ultimately is found out to be over or under drafted....based on the real world performance.
That pre-draft ranking stuff is based on what they think at the time (fantasy), not what eventually becomes reality.
The exception would be devastating injuries.
We now know, for example, that Akili Smith was 100% for sure overdrafted.
Tom Brady was 100% for sure underdrafted.
Obviously, we don't have crystal ball going into the draft and everyone misses some, but there is fantasy and then there is reality.
What concensus mocks and pundits say before or during a draft have no bearing on whether a player ultimately is found out to be over or under drafted....based on the real world performance.
That pre-draft ranking stuff is based on what they think at the time (fantasy), not what eventually becomes reality.
The exception would be devastating injuries.
We now know, for example, that Akili Smith was 100% for sure overdrafted.
Tom Brady was 100% for sure underdrafted.
Obviously, we don't have crystal ball going into the draft and everyone misses some, but there is fantasy and then there is reality.