Commanders Post at The Warpath - View Single Post - National love for Giants, Eagles' drafts out of control?

djnemo65 · 05-01-2009, 03:20 AM

All these draft evaluations represent is the degree to which teams maximize the value of their picks given the draft board of general consensus. If a player is considered the 20th best player in the draft and you get him at 25, then it's a great pick. If you get him at 7 it's a terrible pick.

Given this framework both teams did fine, although that obviously doesn't mean a thing moving forward. It's like evaluating an incoming college student based on his or her high school grades and SAT scores, when what really matters is his or her performance over the subsequent four years.

But I can't complain because I watch every minute of the draft every year, read every mock, and have a blast doing it.

05-01-2009, 03:20 AM	#12
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	Re: National love for Giants, Eagles' drafts out of control? All these draft evaluations represent is the degree to which teams maximize the value of their picks given the draft board of general consensus. If a player is considered the 20th best player in the draft and you get him at 25, then it's a great pick. If you get him at 7 it's a terrible pick. Given this framework both teams did fine, although that obviously doesn't mean a thing moving forward. It's like evaluating an incoming college student based on his or her high school grades and SAT scores, when what really matters is his or her performance over the subsequent four years. But I can't complain because I watch every minute of the draft every year, read every mock, and have a blast doing it.