Getting to Know the Front Office/Understanding the Scouting Process

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

I agree with what you said but you missed my point.

Drafting in the higher rounds increase the likelihood of getting good players (or at least players who can make the roster and contribute) simply because your picking from the top of the talent pool. Some will wash out and some will be good.

Draft picks are lottery tickets in that you never know what you have until you see the player on the field.

I would love to see lower draft picks develop into star players because of the salary cap implications.

Yup. For winners, the league is, in a sense, more about 6th rounders than 1st rounders. Winners have the first rounders, as do most teams; what puts winners over the top is cheap productivity from low round and UDFA players.

Then there are the perennial losers, who can't even ante up the first-round component of things.