2021 GMO Draft - UDFA

lol! really? I was wondering about Bengals passing on best OT prospect.

Got a helluva TE that I'd hate to see in Cincy.

 

I mean...the real teams make actual picks that are considered “reaches” against the so-called “expert” projections every year. Why should we be any different?

 

yep.

A "reach" is kinda hard to determine this year anyway...

 

Either that, or they largely follow the expert picks and half of those are just bad decisions.

Just let me fail My way!

 

@xinik

Your up...

No snipping allowed!!!

 

I'm thinking @xinik might have left a list with someone. He checked in earlier to see if his picks had been made, and said he was heading back to work.

(I know that feeling. I'm in crunch mode too. I got a call around 9pm last night that had me working until 5am. It's half of why I gave up on the idea of doing trade talks to move down.)

 

I'd say you nailed it on the backhand. Some of the "experts" are definitely reaches...

 

It used to seem that every year Will reaches, drafts a guy New England reaches for and ... the guy is a bust.

 

The aborted trade was indeed a bit of a disaster for me at first, as I had to completely change directions on how I approached building the roster. Weird how it happened. The trade was actually on time. RT sent me the offer during my slot and I agreed, but he got back to work and completely vanished immediately after sending me the message with the offer. Worked for him because he still got his guy. And I guess I'll just have to make do somehow with a top-five offensive lineman to protect Matt Ryan and revamp my running game. Gosh, it's tragic...

 

I havnt really reached too far yet, but im about to, lol.

I kinda go for team needs over BPA and I get burned a few times.

One day I'll nail it (law of averages).

 

Well there was probably #2 overall but usually it was on a 2nd round pick.

 

I agree, it felt weird, but I thought at the moment it was the right move. He was the highest rated Defensive player on my board (8th o/a), so I snagged him at #2.

 

In fairness, there’s a very real possibility if he’d stayed at 10 he would not have gotten Farley

 

I've gone for alleged BPA and been burned quite a few times too. I firmly believe the philosophy behind BPA is mathematically sound and is the "right" approach. But regardless of method, if your scouting reports turn out to be off the mark, your draft will go up in smoke.

 

All I know is that if you draft a guy in the 2nd round I don't think would be drafted until late day 3 at best then I am gonna expect New England to possible do it as soon as the 1st round.

 

I was just saying that was technically a reach, even if not in the same sense.

 

Well I’m pretty sure I can’t claim a true BPA approach until at least the 6th round.

In a perfect world trading up and down is easy enough that I pick from a slot where I can claim it was BPA when I’m taking the guy I would have reached for anyways.

Furthermore, as my knowledge of the draft evolves I’ve simultaneously come to accept that if you want “your guy” at a few different positions (QB/Edge/CB/OT) it is very likely going to require a reach. Which I suppose is part of the reason I can rightfully claim that no team exercises true BPA from draft to draft.

 

It's less likely for the Falcons to do it now that Dimitroff is gone...

 

The funny thing is that what turned out to be my best BPA draft was one that I approached based primarily on need.

It was the 2019 GMO draft. I went offense in free agency and all defense in the draft. I traded up twice (never down) and only drafted five players.

All five ended up going in the top 50 picks in the real 2019 draft. I haven't gotten value like that even when I've TRIED going for value.

 

And how many of those 5 were universally in the “experts” top 50’s, I wonder?