I need some things explained to me...

With 20/20 hindsight, of course. But had he been the "next Deion Sanders" (or the first Deion Sanders, as the case may be) we would be celebrating Mora's genius for that pick, now, wouldn't we?

You are justifying my point. When you select the BPA then you are more likely to end up with special players. When you reach for need, you will never get a Deion Sanders type player.