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“We always want to do that (pick the best player available) and our goal in free agency is to fill enough holes that, if we have holes, we are able to do that,” Loomis said Tuesday. I do think that usually, when you are on the clock, it’s not a matter of just one guy head and shoulders above anyone else,” he added. “There’s usually two or three players with similar grades and players are all worthy of that pick.”

That’s where a position of need or position of greater value can come into play.

“I think we would all say that pass rushers, cornerbacks, left tackles, quarterbacks are generally the more valued positions,” he said.

“All that comes into play when you are selecting, but for the most part we are going to take the highest player graded on our board.”

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