Slater over Sewell

[Essex Johnson]

(03-02-2021, 06:23 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Good teams put people in place that do enough work to mitigate a bad pick. Everyone knows there's no such thing as a sure thing, that's why the good teams find the people that know what to look for. They don't just say, "well, no one knows if he's going to be good or bad so let's just cross our fingers". 

You don't just elevate guys because of your need, to the top of the draft. You draft the most athletic, potential/production guys because athleticism--or for QBs, brains--are what wins you football games. You don't take guys projected as mid-rounders and just elevate them to the top of the draft because you have a need...unless you want to have a perennially bad team. 

Whether or not people agree on top talent is irrelevant. Jeff Okudah was a consenus top of the draft player. The 2nd and 3rd tackles in this draft are not. 

I would disagree... Slater and Darrisaw are pretty much consensus in who is 2/3 tackle behind Sewell.. and if a team ie Bengals put a value of #5 on that tackle when they look at all their variables on their board... I don;t know why they would pass on them.. or if they decide the value of moving back and getting the 2/3 tackle plus extra picks out weighs say taking a WR, or a CB I can see the Bengals doing it. 

As for need that is part of your evaluation.. you don;t also just evaluate only BPA .... neither is a zero sum.. it is a balance... that is why teams have different players on their top end of their boards...