Bengal TE strategy

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(07-30-2020, 03:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I apologize.  I had not idea you were interviewing college coaches and reviewing the medical records of these college prospects.


All I absolutely know to be 100% true is that you have no idea how actual NFL teams rank these players.  Your mock drafts prove that.  So you have no idea if Sample was rated as a fourth round pick by all the other NFL teams or not.

So when you say he was drafted two rounds too early you have no credibility.

And I am finished with this subject.

Glad you are done with the subject, but you are going to get my two cents...because you gave yours and although your debates tend to try and avoid a rebuttal, I will respond.

I have spoken to college coaches.  Many of them.  Not the Urban Meyer's of the world, mind you, but some smaller school coaches and assistants at higher levels.  Reviewing the medical records would be a HIPPA violation, so bringing that up is just dumb.   Scouting is a hobby of mine.  A passion.  I absolutely love watching a game that I have no dog in the fight but I am looking for hidden talent.  I try to focus more on rounds 3 and beyond because a lot of the round 1-2 talent is fairly consensus among teams.  Sure, within round 2 there will be teams that have player A rated above player B, but a lot of teams have the same round grades on players overall.

Players are given a grade of a round, and then they are stacked against each other in each round.  I had a fourth round grade on Sample.  Of course I had no idea if Sample was rated a fourth round pick by other teams....I never said I did?  I simply said he was drafted two rounds too early based on DRAFT EQUITY.  His grade (in my book) was mid-fourth round because of several factors:  He had minimal pass-catching experience, he played against a poor-defense conference, and the positional value of MY TEAM would place him mid-fourth round in my analysis.

If the only way to gain credibility in scouting is to know where other teams had him ranked, then NO ONE HAS ANY CREDIBILITY according to you.   And that is fine.  Sit alone on your hill and cast stones at anyone that has an opinion that differs from yours, but you tired accusations leave you as the one with no credibility.