LAOJoe & RTTRUTH's 12th Annual Collaborative Mock Draft

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The Pittsburgh Steelers select:

Najee Harris, RB, Alabama

 

I really do love his fit in Pittsburgh. I assume it's the Jets who scared you into moving up. Makes sense.


Speaking of J-E-T-S I have PM'd him already for those wondering

@neanderthal ike OTC

 

Worried about the Jets?

 

A little bit. Also worried about a trade up by the Bills or Dolphins as well. I saw an opportunity to move up a couple spots to get the guy that is a perfect fit for a very reasonable cost.

 

Well we love your vision. But PFF says you just ruined your team

 

PFF can eat a bag of dicks.

 

Steelers moving up for a RB in round one...I love it!

 

I mean I enjoy some of what they do.

But by their standards, these days if you spend anything higher than a 6th rounder on S, LB, RB, TE, DT, or G you're doing it wrong. LoL

 

lol! huh?

Nonsense. There is no team more based on analytics than Cleveland...,FTR we have selected all of those positions (pre-6th rd) in the last 3 seasons. Several high picks.

 

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah will now play strong safety for the Jets.

 

@RicoL8 back on the CLOCK

 

That pick came one second before my trade offer was about to be sent, and that was my target. Nicely done,

 

Round 1 #2
Quarterback Zach Wilson

Round 1 #23
Strong Safety Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

 

I was exaggerating slightly.
But their basic argument has to do with W.A.R. (Wins Above Replacement) for each position. And the cost of paying second contracts to each position.

So basically QB, WR, OT, Edge, and CB are so closely correlated with your W vs L column, and sooo expensive to pay 2nd contracts to that it’s in your team’s best interest to constantly be spending cost controlled draft picks on those positions so you can spend remaining cap space on your expensive QB and getting quality players to round out your roster at the “less impactful” and “less expensive” positions.
They never use an exact point in the draft, but if you aren’t winning and they can find top 60 picks spent elsewhere they’ll claim it’s bad roster building.

 

Understandable but the RB contracts are on the way back up thanks to all of the extensions over the last 12 months. But Harris is easily the most talented RB on the roster. His WAR (aka Snell and co.) makes the pick very worthwhile.

 

I'm a strong believer in analytics and PFF....It's one of my many resources I go to in doing this stuff. I get the counter argue though.....It's not the "end all" for me, but I do have "maybe" more respect than others for it.

 

I do like PFF because of how they break things down. They truly evaluate talent that’s not necessarily tied to the stats.