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kccrow · 02-02-2015, 08:28 PM

Best GMs I've seen go with best player at a position of need in round 1. That doesn't mean to say you go out and reach handily on a guy like Tysyn Jackson. That means if you have two guys very closely rated at the top of your board, you take the one you need.

What I don't get, yet, is the Dee Ford pick because in my mind he wasn't the BPA at his own position.

Okay, I get Dorsey's thought as OLB being an need because you might have to cut Hali in 2015 and Houston is a free agent in 2015. Now Ford, from some accounts was the highest rated player on the board at that time at that position. I had Smith, Attaochu, Lawrence, and Ealy all rated higher, but I wasn't a consensus. Most guys had Ford above those and rated in the top 40. I thought, not bad if he's turned loose on the passer every down similar to Hali, but he'll never play the run like Hali... I didn't really like the pick, but thought I could warm up to it if I saw flashes of him being good his rookie year...

So then I look at BPA. Now I see guys like Darqueze Dennard, Deone Bucannon, Jimmie Ward, Jordan Matthews, Xavier Su'a-Filo, Joel Bitonio, Bradley Roby, Davante Adams, Kyle Van Noy, Marqise Lee... These guys must be rated higher than Ford? Nope...

So the only thing I can say is Dorsey takes BPA at a position of need. Ford was the top rated guy on their board. Same with Fisher the year before. He's drafting for need, its just he doesn't necessarily draft for immediate need. His board also, obviously, varies drastically from what I think.

What I did notice in both cases... There weren't really any top rated 3-4OLB prospect types that really made a difference as a rookie; not Smith, not Attaochu, not Lawrence, not Ealy, and definitely not Ford. There were also several other rookies I thought to be better players overall that didn't make an impact.

We can look back and say KC should have drafted Matthews or they should have drafted Benjamin with a bit of anger, but many GMs did the same thing Dorsey did. It also appears that development of these young pass rushers was the norm. Ford fell well within the norm.

02-02-2015, 08:28 PM	#44
kccrow MVP Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Michigan Casino cash: $-1390000	Best GMs I've seen go with best player at a position of need in round 1. That doesn't mean to say you go out and reach handily on a guy like Tysyn Jackson. That means if you have two guys very closely rated at the top of your board, you take the one you need. What I don't get, yet, is the Dee Ford pick because in my mind he wasn't the BPA at his own position. Okay, I get Dorsey's thought as OLB being an need because you might have to cut Hali in 2015 and Houston is a free agent in 2015. Now Ford, from some accounts was the highest rated player on the board at that time at that position. I had Smith, Attaochu, Lawrence, and Ealy all rated higher, but I wasn't a consensus. Most guys had Ford above those and rated in the top 40. I thought, not bad if he's turned loose on the passer every down similar to Hali, but he'll never play the run like Hali... I didn't really like the pick, but thought I could warm up to it if I saw flashes of him being good his rookie year... So then I look at BPA. Now I see guys like Darqueze Dennard, Deone Bucannon, Jimmie Ward, Jordan Matthews, Xavier Su'a-Filo, Joel Bitonio, Bradley Roby, Davante Adams, Kyle Van Noy, Marqise Lee... These guys must be rated higher than Ford? Nope... So the only thing I can say is Dorsey takes BPA at a position of need. Ford was the top rated guy on their board. Same with Fisher the year before. He's drafting for need, its just he doesn't necessarily draft for immediate need. His board also, obviously, varies drastically from what I think. What I did notice in both cases... There weren't really any top rated 3-4OLB prospect types that really made a difference as a rookie; not Smith, not Attaochu, not Lawrence, not Ealy, and definitely not Ford. There were also several other rookies I thought to be better players overall that didn't make an impact. We can look back and say KC should have drafted Matthews or they should have drafted Benjamin with a bit of anger, but many GMs did the same thing Dorsey did. It also appears that development of these young pass rushers was the norm. Ford fell well within the norm.
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