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Kellen Moore placing impact over position in NFL Draft

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By Ross Jackson - LouisianaSports.net

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Every draft cycle brings along with it discourse about position value. Some believe that certain positions are not worthy of being selected in first rounds, others believe that draft evaluations should be all about the player, not necessarily the position. To manage this, New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore has a unique way of looking at the criteria for what does and doesn’t make a player selectable early in a draft.

We asked Moore about his thoughts on positional value and what approach he takes while he met with New Orleans media at this year’s annual meetings in Palm Beach, Fla.

“I think it’s really on guys who impact the game,” he said. “I think skill position guys, I think sometimes we get stuck with ‘running back, fullback, receiver,’ maybe a slot-only or outsider. Maybe only a tight end. The skill position group, I kind of sometimes lump together. You just want impact players.”

From Moore’s description, it sounds like he would rather look at players based on their potential for impact overall, rather than their potential for impact at a specific position. A tight end that can have a major impact on the game, assuming this model, would carry greater value than a wide receiver of even slightly lesser impact, regardless of draft slot. ...

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