NFL Scouting Combine: Feb 27–Mar 2

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.
I agree. If a team wants to target a specific position then they need to make sure that position is BPA when they pick so they are getting maximum value and chances of the player working. That means a team has to be open to trading up or down to align the position of need with BPA (which to means top players available regardless of position). Trading up is usually the best way to go, because the team knows the player you want will be available. When they trade down, they aren't certain the player they want will be available when their pick comes up, unless they only trade back one spot.