Welcom to the team, Drew Sample!

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(04-27-2019, 12:38 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: This. I don't often say "the team knows better than you" but lets be honest. I trust Tobin and crew more than "anonymous mock draft site". They felt the guy would be gone before their 3rd round pick and obviously valued him. The problem here is that we'll never know if they were right (that some other team would've nabbed him), so we assume based on anonymous draft site that we reached.

TL/DR: Maybe we didn't reach as badly as people think. Draft sites are wrong all the time. Go back and look at some mocks after this draft is over for a good laugh.

There are always players that teams disagree with the experts on. A perfect example is Andrew Billings. He was 3 full rounds less regarded by teams than every single mock draft in existence that year.

Teams have more knowledge than any of those draft sites. In fact, most of those draft sites reference the one scout or one coach they have a contact with as their reasoning for their rankings.

I won't say that Sample was a great pick, or even a good pick. But I am choosing to believe that our brand new coaching staff is not populated by a bunch of losers who don't understand talent. Especially after their 1st and, now, 3rd round picks make me feel very comfortable with their ability to evaluate talent. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the third day. God knows we have plenty of ammunition to work with. I hope they use some of those 6th round picks to move around in the 4th and 5th rounds.