What is the hardest position to find?

[Setackin]

Besides QB

a friend and I were talking about this and couldn't narrow it down... what position is everyone always looking for and is hard to develop?

I feel like it's CB.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Left Tackle

 

[JeffG]

I'd say productive edge rusher.

And not just because we desperately need one.

 

[Kaiser]

Man, I read the thread title and clicked on this thread so I could start yelling "DAK IN THE 4TH ROUND" while hugging random passerby.

But now, I hate you.

 

[Teague31]

War daddy

 

[StarMan2112]

A complete DE. One who can rush the passer and set the edge in run support.

 

[robjay04]

I don't believe it's CB. You can get by with serviceable corners and sometimes you can find a player that will fit perfectly in your system that may not be elite somewhere else.

4-3 edge rushers are harder to find than quarterbacks.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Shutdown Corner.

 

[BermyStar]

I go with pass rushers as well. Seems that position has the biggest fall off after the top talent is good. Good CBs are routinely found later from what I can recall with no research on the topic.

 

[dwreck27]

Pash rush in a landslide.... there is a reason they are paid just as much as QBs on most teams

If you don't have a QB and/or a guy who can get to the QB your just a middling team stuck in the mud... I.e see Cleveland

 

[Sarge]

War Daddy. Period.

 

[Carson]

1. QB
2. LT
3. Elite pass rusher

 

[jaybeware]

1. LT
2. Safety
3.shut down corner/ elite pass rusher

 

[skinsscalper]

Besides QB

a friend and I were talking about this and couldn't narrow it down... what position is everyone always looking for and is hard to develop?

I feel like it's CB.

Dominant pass rusher with dominant LT right behind him.

 

[CATCH17]

Besides QB

a friend and I were talking about this and couldn't narrow it down... what position is everyone always looking for and is hard to develop?

I feel like it's CB.

It's a passing league so you want guys that can help or defend the pass.


Imo...

1.QB

2.DE

3.LT

4.CB


The cornerback market has gotten so ridiculous for average talent that I may have to bump Corner to number 2 just for salary cap reasons alone.

 

[JoeKing]

War Daddy!!!!

 

[gmoney112]

I'd argue it's the "Ballhawk, shutdown safety".

 

[Nova]

Depends on what you mean by 'hardest to find'.

I really don't think a good to great pass rushing DE is that hard to find. Hard to get? Sure. But as far as evaluating talent and recognizing what rush end will be good to great isn't that tough.


But as in hard to actually identify? It's gotta be game changing safety.

 

[Nova]

I'd argue it's the "Ballhawk, shutdown safety".

Absolutely is.

Safety is the most talent devoid position in this era. I'm not exactly sure why they aren't coveted more.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Based on how we can measure positions now (and there is limitation here)...wide receiver is the most likely position to not meet or exceed expected production based on where they were picked in the draft.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/are-some-positions-riskier-to-pick-than-others-in-the-nfl-draft/