Ok lots of talk these days on drafting our first pick to address need vs picking the best player available....
I think a lot gets lost in this discussion when you factor in busts and potential busts, so for the sake of argument let's throw the whole bust possibility out.
Let us pretend there is no possibility of bust for ANY pick in the whole draft. So basically the grade the player is given prior to the draft is the potential he meets in the NFL.
Ie. Luck would have been a 99, Peterson a 98, Fairley is a 96, AJ Green is a 94 and Dareus is a 93 based on general consensus.
So my question to the "draft according to need people" is this, if you knew for sure that Peterson was going to be a sure fire PBer and Dareus was going to be a notable starter who would you choose?
If you could draft Peterson and then a player in the second round on the DL that was graded out to be a day 1 starter would you rather have that or Dareus (notable starter) and someone in the second round who was a day one starter?
Basically, would you not rather take the player at 3 that you believed had a higher chance of becoming a NFL star?
I think a lot gets lost in this discussion when you factor in busts and potential busts, so for the sake of argument let's throw the whole bust possibility out.
Let us pretend there is no possibility of bust for ANY pick in the whole draft. So basically the grade the player is given prior to the draft is the potential he meets in the NFL.
Ie. Luck would have been a 99, Peterson a 98, Fairley is a 96, AJ Green is a 94 and Dareus is a 93 based on general consensus.
So my question to the "draft according to need people" is this, if you knew for sure that Peterson was going to be a sure fire PBer and Dareus was going to be a notable starter who would you choose?
If you could draft Peterson and then a player in the second round on the DL that was graded out to be a day 1 starter would you rather have that or Dareus (notable starter) and someone in the second round who was a day one starter?
Basically, would you not rather take the player at 3 that you believed had a higher chance of becoming a NFL star?
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