Track Dee Ford's Trillions

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

This isn't aimed at you, but your post inspired me to write.

For years I've read the draftniks on this site arguing that you don't draft for need. You draft for the best available player and take into account positional value.

Presumably that's what Dorsey did this year. He took the best player available at an important position. And now it seems that many on the board are saying that we should have drafted based on need.

If someone wants to argue that the best player available was indeed a wide receiver, then we have a valid discussion about draft tactics. But it seems like the real discussion here is the old standby: how do you weigh need versus positional value versus individual player. In this case, I suspect that Dorsey was aware that OLB was a strength and WR was a weakness, so he weighs positional value and individual player potential heavily over need. That should make a lot of people around here pretty happy.

Given the performances of several rookie wideouts, it's fairly obvious Dee Ford was not BPA.