Need vs. BPA

[fgoodwin]

With the 2010 season basically shot, I might as well fire the first shot in the annual debate over drafting for need vs. taking the best player available:

From the DMN's Kevin Sherrington

Q: Do you see Dallas drafting the best player with their top 10 pick next year's draft? I don't see us going offensive tackle that early.

A: Unless he's can't miss, I don't see an OL going that early. Take the best player. That's what they did with Dez. If you're overloaded with talent in one area, then make a trade. But you take the best player when you're drafting that high.

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2010/10/sherrington-jerry-jones-eterna.html

Since he advocates BPA, clearly he doesn't know what he's talking about . . .

 

[UnoDallas]

you draft the BPA

of your needs

 

[fgoodwin]

you draft the BPA

of your needs

That's the DEFINITION of drafting for need. Who drafts the worst player at a position of need?

If you take a need player over a better player at a different position, you're drafting for need, period.

 

[TheDallasDon]

BPA for the first 2 rounds and 3rd depinding on the drop off

 

[UnoDallas]

Well, your view is skewed on " BPA" . Its not quite the way your thinking it is. When you draft the BPA, you take a guy in the position you NEED, unless there is no player ranked near where your drafting, in a need position. Then you trade down, or take the BPA at your spot. Need is still considered. What you dont want, and what BPA means, is dont draft a tackle you have rated at pick 15, when you hold pick #5. You can trade down and get another 2nd round pick for that 10 spot drop. Dont reach for a player is the theory. When you reach for a player, you usually strike out.

BPA within reason. Reaching for an offensive lineman next year will do us no good. I also believe in only trading up when a player at a position of need that you covet starts sliding.

 

[TheDallasDon]

Well, your view is skewed on " BPA" . Its not quite the way your thinking it is. When you draft the BPA, you take a guy in the position you NEED, unless there is no player ranked near where your drafting, in a need position. Then you trade down, or take the BPA at your spot. Need is still considered. What you dont want, and what BPA means, is dont draft a tackle you have rated at pick 15, when you hold pick #5. You can trade down and get another 2nd round pick for that 10 spot drop. Dont reach for a player is the theory. When you reach for a player, you usually strike out.

BPA within reason. Reaching for an offensive lineman next year will do us no good. I also believe in only trading up when a player at a position of need that you covet starts sliding.

So last year when we drafted Dez.....................that was a need along with tackle, guard, and safty PLEASE BPA is BPA


Edit: u most follow the board

 

[dwmyers]

If you want a practical as opposed to a theoretical reason to pay more attention to need, it's that if every team drafted BPA, then the art of figuring out the draft would be reduced to creating a top 25 (or top 100) chart.

Teams would draft in line with their top player and no one would know any different.

Creating a top player list and then applying that to a set of needs criteria produce more interesting mocks.

And to "know" what teams really want, it takes someone who asks that kind of question. It takes a reporter, actually (i.e. Rich Gossage of the DMN), not a draft or mock fan.

David.

 

[TheDallasDon]

If you want a practical as opposed to a theoretical reason to pay more attention to need, it's that if every team drafted BPA, then the art of figuring out the draft would be reduced to creating a top 25 (or top 100) chart.

Teams would draft in line with their top player and no one would know any different.

Creating a top player list and then applying that to a set of needs criteria produce more interesting mocks.

And to "know" what teams really want, it takes someone who asks that kind of question. It takes a reporter, actually (i.e. Rich Gossage of the DMN), not a draft or mock fan.

David.

No it BPA on the BOARD that the TEAM makes, so u follow the BOARD that they make so where they have some one rated #15 on the BOARD the don't draft some one rated #25, they may rate some one based on a number of things including NEED but u always go BPA on the BOARD that the frount office makes

 

[UnoDallas]

So in 06 we picked B Carp

when

picked after Carp was

S Antonio Cromartie
C Nick Mangold
LBer DeMeco Ryans
T Marcus McNeill
T Andrew Whitworth

so we picked the BPA

I guess your so far over my head I just don't get it