NFL Draft Treatise from the "Gang of 14" (Long Read)

kcbubb · 02-25-2009, 05:30 PM

he was making a point by using a team that had a great defense and not a great offense as a reason not to build the defense.

I was using the same type of reasoning for not building an offense. My point is that great teams are the ones that win superbowls.

that may sound simple, but you don't get there by reaching for players and drafting them higher than they should be drafted.

Most people who claim that a QB should be drafted claim that it is impossible to trade down from for example 7 spots from #3 to #10 because by the trade chart that is the value of an entire draft. But if you reach for a player like Sanchez and take him at #3, then that's what you are giving up (an entire draft) because Sanchez will not be taken from #4 to #9. Those teams don't need QBs and he has not evaluated high enough for someone like the Jets to move up from 17 to 9 to get him.

You don't build superbowl teams by reaching. Especially when you are reaching the value of an entire draft. that's how peterson drafted on several of his busts. he drafted for need and reached for a player.

02-25-2009, 05:30 PM	#11
kcbubb Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Casino cash: $4966719	he was making a point by using a team that had a great defense and not a great offense as a reason not to build the defense. I was using the same type of reasoning for not building an offense. My point is that great teams are the ones that win superbowls. that may sound simple, but you don't get there by reaching for players and drafting them higher than they should be drafted. Most people who claim that a QB should be drafted claim that it is impossible to trade down from for example 7 spots from #3 to #10 because by the trade chart that is the value of an entire draft. But if you reach for a player like Sanchez and take him at #3, then that's what you are giving up (an entire draft) because Sanchez will not be taken from #4 to #9. Those teams don't need QBs and he has not evaluated high enough for someone like the Jets to move up from 17 to 9 to get him. You don't build superbowl teams by reaching. Especially when you are reaching the value of an entire draft. that's how peterson drafted on several of his busts. he drafted for need and reached for a player.
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