03-11-2019, 12:43 PM
(03-11-2019, 11:19 AM)Catmandude123 Wrote: So for instance you need a tackle but you take a QB. Then down the road just how does that help you at the tackle position? BPA only applies to teams that already have set rosters that don't need to upgrade multiple positions. I believe we are in need of multiple position category.
It doesn't you have to find another way to get tackle, maybe it's FA or later in the draft or a trade. The idea is the ceiling of the player you take is higher than the one you need. I'd rather have the best QB in the league over the 16th best tackle simply because I needed a tackle 3 years ago and he was the best one in that draft.
It applies to a lot of teams believe it or not. The reasons a lot of teams at the top stay at the top of the draft is because they draft for need. When you have a chance to take an elite talent you take the elite talent.Maybe you trade your old starter for a need, maybe you cut them to clear cap to sign needs, but you take talent over all else.
....and sometimes you get lucky and a guy like Devin White is where talent and need converge to a perfect pick. Now that's not saying you always take BPA no matter what, if a need is similar in value sure but if the discrepancy is huge then talent always.
