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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
I've been criticized for the past two months for saying you can get a fat guy to take up blockers later in the draft, so I know that doesn't apply to me.
But don't act like there weren't full-time playmakers available at OLB and ILB when we picked.
That's the argument, Frank. The board set up perfectly to get playmakers at a position of greater need, and we passed.
Pioli values slot WR's and nickle CB's more than starting pass rushers and ILB's for a team that is dead last against the run.
That's scary.
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And the only guy we passed on that wouldn't have been a reach at 2a was an OLB with a legitimate injury concern.
You can't walk in with tunnel-vision and draft by need for the position you want. That's what got us in trouble by taking Tyson Jackson. The Chiefs took a guy that was on the top of their board and probably at the top of a lot of teams' boards.
You're arguing for a needs-based draft over BPA. You can have preference over one method or the other, sure, but taking BPA is usually the way to go beyond the first round.