Okay that argument is pretty compelling for that specific draft. Hindsight is 50/50 and all. But in general, is it better to finish in the teens or inside the the top 10? Where do most of the blue chip prospects go?
All over the GD draft. WHICH IS THE POINT! It’s the exact reason I don’t do draft speculation. The Rick Leonard pick was the moment I checked out of that gambit altogether.
Sometimes there’s not a Guy in an entire pick radius, but they have no trade partner, so they roll the dice on a prospect who at least makes sense (which in the Rick Leonard case it absolutely didn’t, then to add insult to insult they assigned him Jahri Evans’ #73). Each of those six teams who selected a player before Andrus Peat thought they were getting a Guy. Other than 3 years of Todd Gurley and 1 year of Vic Beasley, none of them did.
The team has to do better scouting - NOT better losing.