One thing I don't want in the draft

madsaint1967 said

Actually I have 1A and 1B. 1A is no trading up, let the draft fall and take advantage of players you thought would be gone but are there on your pick. 1B In the 5th thru 7th round take players that are household names that play for big schools instead of trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat with guys that end up out of the league in a year.Michigan, Alabama, Ohio State, LSU etc.If not for UDFAs, we have been pretty bad lately at the back end of the draft.

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I'm with you on 1A. Consensus is that we've got one of the best talent evaluators, and scouting departments in the entire NFL. Why wouldn't you let that guy make MORE picks, not fewer.

I can't get behind your 1B. We've had pretty good history with those guys under the CSP regime. Colston in the 7th; Evans in the 4th; Armstead in the 3rd(?); Deonte Harris/Hardy(?). I know those aren't the rounds you specified, but those are the schools you're talking about...Hofstra, Bloomsburg, Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Assumption. Despite their college level of competition, they were all good enough to be rated higher than "big school" players on draft boards, and I'd say they've had better NFL careers than most players from bigger schools. And looking at other rosters, and HOF players, this happens more often than I realized.

Instead, may I suggest that 1B is modified for taking players that have had an injury "history" at the collegiate level. I'm not talking about guys who got hurt on occasion, as everyone gets hurt at some point playing football. I'm talking about the guys who frequently miss stretches of games, multiple times, or have missed entire seasons. If they can't stay healthy in college, how are they gonna stay healthy against bigger, faster, stronger guys at the next level? It's silly to expect them to, and it's stupid to think they will. I'm sure there are some guys who pulled it off, but I'll bet the odds are similar to finding the next franchise QB (or even a positional GOAT?) in the 5th-7th rounds. It could happen....but 99% chance it doesn't. So QUIT DRAFTING PLAYERS WITH INJURY HISTORIES at the college level. You're just gonna end up paying them for a career of IR.