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(08-10-2023, 09:29 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The arguments you keep throwing out there are absurd.  No team values a 6th round pick like they do a 1st or 2nd round pick.  First and second round picks are seen as having more talent, more potential and are valued much higher.  This is why these 1st and 2nd round picks get paid much better than a 6th round pick and why everyone wants these higher draft picks.  Nobody is taking a chance on putting a 6th round pick on the 53 man roster until they see this guy do something on the field.  Any team out there would be far more likely to pick up Myles Murphy than they would Andrei Iosivas if neither of them played a preseason game and both were waived to be put on the practice squad.  If you believe otherwise, I cant help you



Using your logic we couldnt put Trent Taylor on the practice squad because he was a 5th round pick so why wouldnt someone claim him?  Trenton Irwin got in to Standford which is one of the top 5 Universities in the U.S. so someone would claim him too.

Teams are always looking to improve.  If you're a GM for a bottom feeder team like the Texans, Bears, Panthers, etc., it's not a stretch to think a 6th round rookie who barely missed the cut on what is currently a perennial SB contender is better than a guy currently clinging to the end of your roster.

Beyond that, every team has their draft board and simply because a guy fell doesn't mean one or more teams didn't have them graded higher.  As an example, former Bengals S Chinendum N'Dukwe was a 7th round pick,but was told after he was drafted that the Bengals had him graded as a 4th rounder.  If he had been drafted by another team and then waived, it's not unreasonable to think that the Bengals would have claimed him.  Teams may have a different guy evaluated higher at different picks or may really need a guy at a certain position group and that stops them from drafting a guy, but that doesn't mean they won't put in a waiver claim.