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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.

It can make a huge difference or very little depending on the draft class and how the picks fall.  If there are 5 elite prospects in the draft class and you move from 5 to 8, you will probably get a significantly worse player.  If the top 8 are graded closely, then you won't.  You compound this effect when you're drafting based on need and not using bpa.  These weren't in the top 10, but examples involving the Bengals including missing out on Ragnow and winding up with Price, missing DeCastro and getting Zeitler, and missing on Stephen Jackson for Chris Perry.