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Originally Posted by Direckshun
I really like the Gholston pick, and the Nicks pick was solid. I'm not too sold on Avril, but it's a fair pick. I did not like the DeCoud pick.
I think Avril and Gholston have the potential to be a great one-two punch, but Avril was going to be there in the third and I think you should have gone with someone else. I grade DeCoud as a reach at the top of the third, and I think most would agree with me.
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Well, the thing is that I didn't have DeCoud as being below Morgan more than a few spots.
Now, he wasn't my BPA, that was Gooden, but I couldn't take him, he's just not a 3-4 player, and I have several RB's who I personally have valued higher than say C. Johnson...
Ultimately I passed on Godfrey and King because I see both as busts. There are other guys in the draft with the same tools who have better mental makeups to me, IMO.
The draft is the ultimate game of poker in that you know your own board, but you have to guess that of others in order to truly maximize your picks. That's why I took Nicks over Avril, because I had him above Groves, but knew he'd be there later in the second, even though it was a position of need.
Avril, to me, is Groves with a better motor, and DeCoud fills multiple needs at a position of value, and I've seen him go as high as mid-second in some mocks (and as low as mid-fourth in others).
A lot of times what I see in this mock are people just going to NFLDC, looking at triangle numbers and saying "Oh, well he's a good pick, so I'll take him."