What If? Feb 17

[CEH]

I always thought the weirdest drafting teams as of late have been the Titans and Jaguars.

When I was a kid it was the Chargers, Cardinals and Lions and between now and then it was the Seahawks, Titans and Raiders.

Raiders and Mike Mitchell might be the use case study

 

[Mountain Bronco]

The Penix pick actually might well be a very good decision for the Falcons, it was their FA QB signing that wasn't.

 

[Draft Crazy]

The Penix pick actually might well be a very good decision for the Falcons, it was their FA QB signing that wasn't.

Yep.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Raiders and Mike Mitchell might be the use case study

Yeah, Mitchell was an odd oe.

Funny story. I had a Raider friend who was connected to the Raiders draft. He told me before the Raiders pick "We are taking Mike Mitchell", I was like yeah right... Whatever, this guy is full of it... I was in an AIM draft chat with a bunch of then KFFLERs. I told them.. "Watch this the Raiders will draft Mike Mitchell", keep in mind, Mitchell was not on most people's top 30 S's going into the draft, let alone a second rd pick. Low ad behold, Mitchell pops up as the current selection on the screen. The AIM KFFL chat was going crazy, how did I know that? . He made me famous. These guys still talk about it to this date...

You could pick a lot on the Raiders.

Mitchell, Ferrell, Arnett, Leatherwood, Heyward-Bey.

To me Alaualu is the wildest one of my time but the Raiders have the most. Arnett and Leatherwood really stand out to me. Two guys I don't think anyone should have sniffed until Round 3. One with character issue who played more like a 4th rd pick who was likely going Rd 3 based on post season stuff. Leatherwood had a ton of talent coming out but he played like a 5th rd pick in college.

 

[PumpFake]

People are getting too hung up on position over BPA.

Draft- BPA
FA- Need

Draft has to be a little bit of a combo of course.

I don't think any NFL team should or does go into a draft saying "We need a DL in our first 3 picks or we need 2 RB's in the first 4 rounds...

It might be a hope of course.

Listen to DC, people. Instinctively, you know he’s right. Paton probably has a trained eye on expiring contracts next year, too. Think 3D!

 

[PumpFake]

We are expressing our opinions, thats what this place is for. And there's plenty of them as to who and why a position is drafted, and where.

And yes, some teams draft for bpa. Most teams draft a hybrid of roster need and bpa. Then there are terrible teams or front offices who sign a hundred million dollar qb in FA only to draft a qb out of the blue in rd 1.

The fact that all three exist make all opinions valid.

He could add to his POM total right here. Silky.