Kiper's Latest Mock Draft

saintfan · 04-13-2013, 05:55 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Do you seriously think randomly pulling names out of a hat would yield better results than how teams currently do it? Seriously?

Kinda. I think there are enough near and far misses that if we did just pull names out of a hat, lets say, based on a given position, the end result would be close enough to give considerable pause. I do believe that. Very seriously. All the things they measure a player for guarantee nadda. In the end you can't get inside a guy's head. That's where the randomness is.

FinSaint · 04-13-2013, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by saintfan

In the end you can't get inside a guy's head. That's where the randomness is.

Well, they do try to do that with the one-on-one interviews and team visits, and I'm sure there is a wide difference between how successful the precise methods teams use are, but nevertheless team try to gauge players' psyche.

04-13-2013, 05:55 AM	#1
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Kiper's Latest Mock Draft Originally Posted by Danno Do you seriously think randomly pulling names out of a hat would yield better results than how teams currently do it? Seriously? Kinda. I think there are enough near and far misses that if we did just pull names out of a hat, lets say, based on a given position, the end result would be close enough to give considerable pause. I do believe that. Very seriously. All the things they measure a player for guarantee nadda. In the end you can't get inside a guy's head. That's where the randomness is.

04-13-2013, 06:33 AM	#2
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Re: Kiper's Latest Mock Draft Originally Posted by saintfan In the end you can't get inside a guy's head. That's where the randomness is. Well, they do try to do that with the one-on-one interviews and team visits, and I'm sure there is a wide difference between how successful the precise methods teams use are, but nevertheless team try to gauge players' psyche.

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