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Draft Position

Zod

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Zod Grand Master

Zod

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Anyone else feel that draft position should be thrown out of a payer's bio after the first or second year in the NFL?

Seems like it never works out to the team benefit.

If a first round player is playing well, it's expected and rarely mentioned. He is just a solid player.

If a later round or undrafted player is playing well, it's always mentioned... Yeah but he wasn't drafted we can't count on him really.

If a first round player is a bust, he is kept around far too long "you can't cut him, he was a first rounder and may come around eventually"

Once the player has started on this team for a season, draft position is no longer relevant.

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absolutely and after a couple years i don't care how he was acquired. the only thing that matters is that he was.

it actually doesn't really bother me if, say, a DT that was drafted in the 3rd round gets put behind a DT that was a UDFA as long as we got someone solid to do the job.

sure, it sucks that an early draft pick was more or less wasted, but i would rather us start someone with a later draft position because he happened to be better than the guy we selected earlier than starting a guy just because of when he was drafted.

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