Trade Up for Dion Jordan ? If I Were GM

TheOak · 04-24-2013, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by papz

No, that would be silly. But it's data that needs to be weighed on heavily just as all the other off season interviews and work outs that prospect go through. How else would you analyze draft picks? Pick a random name out a hat?

I was siding with you. Silly...

However, and this is just my opinion. There is a ton of over analyzation, along with a ton of exception to the rule examples. Drafting is more of an art than a science.

If you gave me a charcoal briquet, sulfur, and salt peter, I can make gun powder.

If you give me a brush, paint, a canvas, and the Mona lisa.. I could not produce anything relatively close to that work of art.

There is no reproducible formula for the draft, if there was there would be 32 teams doing the same thing and all doing it well.

I realize the truth is not as much fun...

thebdj · 04-24-2013, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by TheOak

However, and this is just my opinion. There is a ton of over analyzation, along with a ton of exception to the rule examples. Drafting is more of an art than a science.

I think it would be really interesting to give the same amount of information to someone who has absolutely zero interest in football and ask them to pick a draft board and then analyze a few years later how their picks have come on, developed, busted or whatnot.

I really do sometimes think you might as well throw darts at a board full of names.

Everyone is great at picking a bust after having watched them for 2 years at the pro level!

04-24-2013, 08:31 AM	#1
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,047	Re: Trade Up for Dion Jordan ? If I Were GM Originally Posted by papz No, that would be silly. But it's data that needs to be weighed on heavily just as all the other off season interviews and work outs that prospect go through. How else would you analyze draft picks? Pick a random name out a hat? I was siding with you. Silly... However, and this is just my opinion. There is a ton of over analyzation, along with a ton of exception to the rule examples. Drafting is more of an art than a science. If you gave me a charcoal briquet, sulfur, and salt peter, I can make gun powder. If you give me a brush, paint, a canvas, and the Mona lisa.. I could not produce anything relatively close to that work of art. There is no reproducible formula for the draft, if there was there would be 32 teams doing the same thing and all doing it well. I realize the truth is not as much fun... papz and hagan714 like this.
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04-24-2013, 09:12 AM	#2
thebdj 100th Post Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 272	Re: Trade Up for Dion Jordan ? If I Were GM Originally Posted by TheOak However, and this is just my opinion. There is a ton of over analyzation, along with a ton of exception to the rule examples. Drafting is more of an art than a science. I think it would be really interesting to give the same amount of information to someone who has absolutely zero interest in football and ask them to pick a draft board and then analyze a few years later how their picks have come on, developed, busted or whatnot. I really do sometimes think you might as well throw darts at a board full of names. Everyone is great at picking a bust after having watched them for 2 years at the pro level! TheOak likes this.

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