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Originally Posted by FlyerSkin
Have to give Doctson at least one more year before the moans saying bust come out, but to be honest I think they should draft a WR in the mid to late rounds. I am wondering if the kid from Northwestern will be around then. He might be worth a shot as he was the best in the Big Ten.
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WR and CB seem to be deep in mid round talent. I'd be surprised if we don't draft at least one of each.
As far as Doctson, we'll see how he pans out, but drafting him in the first would have been a strong pick if he had played last year. So what if he wouldn't have been at a position of need? It was clearly going to become a position of need in one season given the age and contract status of our top 2 WRs. It would have worked well to have him get some experience before becoming the number 1 or 2 WR. It didn't work out that way, obviously. That said, if you're sitting in the middle of the first, all the top tier talent at a position of need is gone, no one is willing to trade back, and you have a player on the board that you believe is a top 10 talent that may have an injury risk, it's probably not a bad plan to pick them because even if they need a season to get healthy they can still be a star player for you long term. Would you rather have an A+ talent for 10 years that has to take the first year off, or a B+ talent in a current position of need that will play right away, but has reached their ceiling? I think you make the argument either way, but if your building a team for the long term, You only get so many shots at A+ talent, and you have to take them when you can. Almost 50% of 1st rounders bust, but if you always mitigate that risk by trading back, you will always have really good players but no elite players. You need some elite players to win in this league. So, sometimes you need to flip that coin.