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Originally Posted by jamf
Why should we consider draft position when we rate the players? We have to field the best team possible regardless of draft position. We gave away our draft picks so we have to live with the lack of quality we drafted.
I give the Draft a D+
We did not add what you need to add every year to build/maintain a solid team.
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Ok, but using your logic that draft position doesn't count, only production I don't understand how you arrive at a D+. Out of 6 players, we added 4 who have seen considerable playing time. That is a solid hit to miss ratio. And we added 2 DL players, 1 LB that all contributed in a way that gave us a top 5 D last year. And Doughty would probably have seen significant ST playing time, barring his injury.
So my questions are:
What type of production would it take to get an average grade from you?
Do you say 6 pro-bowlers out of 6 picks is an A+?
Or that an average draft should have 3 pro-bowlers out of 6 picks?
my answers, taking draft position out of the mix, are:
-an
average draft class of 6 picks, after 2years in the league, should result in 1 starter, and 2-3 backups, with significant ST play.
- i say that 6 out of 6 probowlers (not fan vote but real ProBowl quality), is unrealistic and would indicate that the GM was using jedi mind control tactics
- i think if after two years you have 1 probowler(real not fan) then your draft could be no less than an A. hence the 2004 class with 2 clear PB players, has to be considered one of our top drafts of the last several years, even considering we only had 4 total picks.