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Anyone know XL’s drop % rate?


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3 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Drafting for need with a top 5 pick is dumb.

 

We have an entire draft to fix the defense. If Tmac is the best player on the board you take him.

Wide receivers, even the great ones (and they are rare) can get real expensive, real quick and are involved in say 40-70% of a team's plays, based on that team's particular style of offense.

An edge rusher, DT or LB can very often be involved in 100% of the plays on defense. 

It's a much better, more cost effective pick to grab one of those defenders (who are easier to evaluate and plug into a system) than to spin out yet another pick on a wide receiver. We're fair to middling, maybe even good with receivers right now.

And ignoring a need in a draft might just be the dumbest way to work a draft. Really, just think about what you said.

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40 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Wide receivers, even the great ones (and they are rare) can get real expensive, real quick and are involved in say 40-70% of a team's plays, based on that team's particular style of offense.

An edge rusher, DT or LB can very often be involved in 100% of the plays on defense. 

It's a much better, more cost effective pick to grab one of those defenders (who are easier to evaluate and plug into a system) than to spin out yet another pick on a wide receiver. We're fair to middling, maybe even good with receivers right now.

And ignoring a need in a draft might just be the dumbest way to work a draft. Really, just think about what you said.

The center plays 100% of snaps on offense, but nobody's drafting one of those in the top 5.  BPA is the way to go in the top of the draft because the field of prospects is not tailored to your teams needs.  You draft based on the field of prospects.  There are generally 10-15 prospects that are well beyond anyone else in a given class.  You should always take the best player with that selection unless it's incredibly stupid like QB after you already have one.

You're out of your mind if you think we are good with receivers right now.  XL has shown some things but he is not a sure thing.  AT is on his last legs.  Coker is just a depth guy at this point.  That's all we have.  We do not have a good #1 option on this team so you can't say we are good at receiver.

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42 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Wide receivers, even the great ones (and they are rare) can get real expensive, real quick and are involved in say 40-70% of a team's plays, based on that team's particular style of offense.

An edge rusher, DT or LB can very often be involved in 100% of the plays on defense. 

It's a much better, more cost effective pick to grab one of those defenders (who are easier to evaluate and plug into a system) than to spin out yet another pick on a wide receiver. We're fair to middling, maybe even good with receivers right now.

And ignoring a need in a draft might just be the dumbest way to work a draft. Really, just think about what you said.

you cant ignore it but you also cant let it be the driving force with a high pick... if you do you over draft.

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