Rezen [Truth Trollâ„¢]Apr 4, 2006 3:40:46 pm
If you're team is in a position to draft the best player available as opposed to being required to draft what they need, then that means they are in good shape.
Teams that draft out of need tend to reach for best available at a specific position, which tends to cause players to be drafted higher than they probably should have been drafted.
For instance... the top tier TE's (Vernon Davis, Leonard Pope) will be gone well before the Texans pick in the 2nd round... do you use the first round pick overall on them? Of course not. If the Texans didn't sign Putzier, they would need to draft a TE - if they drafted a TE in the first round, it would fill that need - but they would be overpaying for someone who shouldn't have been drafted that high.
Same goes for rounds 2-7... if you draft out of need, you usually end up hurting yourself by reaching for guys who probably should be drafted a bit lower than where you pick.
Teams that draft out of need tend to reach for best available at a specific position, which tends to cause players to be drafted higher than they probably should have been drafted.
For instance... the top tier TE's (Vernon Davis, Leonard Pope) will be gone well before the Texans pick in the 2nd round... do you use the first round pick overall on them? Of course not. If the Texans didn't sign Putzier, they would need to draft a TE - if they drafted a TE in the first round, it would fill that need - but they would be overpaying for someone who shouldn't have been drafted that high.
Same goes for rounds 2-7... if you draft out of need, you usually end up hurting yourself by reaching for guys who probably should be drafted a bit lower than where you pick.