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(01-10-2021, 01:57 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: So you are saying that moving a few spots 5 to 8 in then NFL is a mass difference of talent? in majority of cases that would not be right since as you move up the ladder of sports, the talent differences gets much smaller. 

Every year teams pick position over best player available..and they are successful, others pick the opposite and they are successful also.  In this situation we are not talking about moving out of rounds, we are talking spots.

More like 5 to 10ish (for where he should be picked) but it doesn't make a "mass difference". That's a strawman--you said it, not me. The higher the pick, the more talented the player. Taking Parsons at 5 (because of need), when very talented players at positions of higher value are there is dumb. Picking Parsons around 10+ is more in line simply because of position value and the more talented skill players are gone by then. 

It has nothing to do with his talent vs someone else's talent.

It's already been pointed out that even the best ILBs don't make an immediate impact. Do you think the Bengals need players that are going to take 2-4 years to develop into solid, if not great players? No. They need someone at the top of the draft that's going to make an immediate impact on the team; skill position, protect the QB or get after a QB. 

That's just the NFL way. They value positions more or less important for a reason. "Every year teams pick position over best player available...and are successful"--in later rounds mostly, unless they're a perennial winner that doesn't have a great need for more overall talent and they can afford to take a player based on their need. The Bengals don't have a roster full of talent that would allow them to draft a stack linebacker, because they're short there.