Re: Do You Draft for Need or Best Player Available?
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Originally Posted by SouperMeister
It really depends. Detroit went with the best player available and picked 4 WR's with top-10 picks over a 5 year stretch (2003-2007). By that logic, if a TE is the best player available when our 2nd round pick is due, we would draft yet another TE despite having Cooley and Davis. I feel that if the best player available plays a position where depth isn't an issue, then TRADE DOWN, add picks, and draft someone to fill a greater need.
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Well said. We have many positions of need and so it will be easy to draft the BPA at a position of need. Thinking this way also allows us to avoid situations where we come home from the draft with three TE's because they were the BPA's.
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