NFL Scouting Combine: Feb 27

NFL Scouting Combine: Feb 27–Mar 2

WhoDat?DrewDat said
I'm not saying high round RBs don't hit. I'm saying later round RBs hit at a significantly higher pace than the rest of the positions.

Bad guard? Huh? Why would you draft a bad guard? What if said guard is an all pro? pro bowl? Why are you devaluing player B for no reason?

These discussions are in such bad faith it's actually crazy. If you can't tell where i'm coming from at this point then nothing I say will be worth either of our times.

I'll summarize it one last time. Draft Jeanty if you have him BPA. Nobody has a problem with it, im sure he will be a great player in the league. (Is it the best way to build a team? probably not but that's fine) If the FO has another player in an actual position of need/position of higher value, similarly graded that's also great because RBs can be found later in the draft at a significantly higher clip.

Because it's happen before. I'm just saying the potential value later is no reason to pass on the BPA now and passing on BPA because you're trying to think about need is not a good look either. Whether it's a guard (Ruiz), DE (Davenport), tackle (Penning), CB (Stanley Jean Baptiste), or whatever, we know how it playes out when BPA takes a back seat to a perceived need. I don't think this fabled tied value happens nearly as much as people want to believe. When I look back on those drafts, I don't remember thinking, "ooh it's a toss up between Payton Turner and _____" That's not what happened with NONE of those picks. It was the Saints targeting a position over player value. It's not a good strategy because drafting positions don't mean you will fill the position. Drafting the best player meanwhile leads to improving the over all roster which leads to options for filling positions.

And it's crazy that with all the recent examples from the Saints of how this hasn't worked, the Saints have an Offensive and Defensive line full of first and 2nd round picks, people still want to blindly just pick based on position. SMH.

Saying you're going to draft a RB later is no more effective than saying you're going to build the trenches with your first round picks. It depends on the players available and drafting the best one when you're on the clock. Planning to take this position early or that position later is just not a good strategy because you won't know who's there. Get them when they're in front of you. That's all you can do.