Because I get to not drink in sadness for 2 extra games.
8-8, 6-10, 1-15... why can't we all come to together on the fact that the draft is a spin of the roulette wheel?
Since 2000, the Pats have had 2 picks in the top ten (we've had 5):
Daniel Graham
Vince Wilfork
Benjamin Watson
Mankins
Meriweather
Hightower
And more...
All in the 20s plus.
Either you can draft or you can't.
We've sucked at drafting high.
We've sucked at drafting in mid rounds.
We've sucked at bringing in talent around good 1st rounders (wata waist of Long, Tannehill).
There is so much more that goes into this thing other than a few slots.
Yes the higher the draft pick the better the odds, duh. A good front office can find talent regardless of the slot.
And also, a good front office also needs a little luck on that turn of the wheel.