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Originally Posted by Laz
the BPA is a great theory but when you have as many draft picks as we did then you need to be able to fill both value and need.
so maybe we don't grab a NT in the 2nd ... maybe we go Linebacker (washington) or even another safety(Nate Allen).
then you go with a slot WR/KR like Jordan Shipley in the 3rd and then grab atkins or Cam Thomas.
there were viable NT's that went in just about every round for you to get value and need
Terrance Cody - 2nd round (good enough for the Ravens)
Torrell Troup - 2nd round (Bills)
Linval Joseph - 2nd round (giants)
3 nose tackles that went in the 2nd after we picked ... to teams that know defense pretty good.
Geno Atkins - 4th round (cincy)
Cam Thomas - 5th round (chargers, this could bite us in the butt)
clearly Pioli is ok with our nose tackle position so no excuses about it this year.
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1) As you mention, Pioli just might not think our need at NT is as great as you do.
2) The Ravens, Bills, and Giants might have taken McCluster if he had been available to them in the 2nd. The Chiefs might have taken Troupe at 2b if he was still available. The Ravens might have taken Arenas over Cody if they'd have had the chance. We'll probably never know how any of these teams' draft boards looked.
You're welcome to disagree with their choices, of course, but there isn't an argument that you can make that proves your way is objectively better than theirs.