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Now this is not my area of expertise but why should the Dolphins draft BAP?
If we were to draft BAP ever year, we could have a situation where there is a glutton of players at say DT, or QB just to name a few. What is wrong with drafting for a need? Why are so many against this approach?
 
finmann said:
Now this is not my area of expertise but why should the Dolphins draft BAP?
If we were to draft BAP ever year, we could have a situation where there is a glutton of players at say DT, or QB just to name a few. What is wrong with drafting for a need? Why are so many against this approach?
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Followup question . . . Which teams, in the last 3 years, have drafted GPA on day one?
 
There's nothing wrong with drafting for need as long as you're not REACHING for that player. When you do that often then you'll end up with the wrong kind of roster.
We might need a guard but you don't want to draft a guard at 12. You also don't want to draft the 24 best player on your board at 12. You're not getting value that way but don't worry, our FO loves to draft for need and patch holes here and there with no vision as to what the foundation should be

Ozzy rules!!
 
Don't know of any, I thought most team drafted for need
 
Danny said:
There's nothing wrong with drafting for need as long as you're not REACHING for that player. When you do that often then you'll end up with the wrong kind of roster.
We might need a guard but you don't want to draft a guard at 12. You also don't want to draft the 24 best player on your board at 12. You're not getting value that way but don't worry, our FO loves to draft for need and patch holes here and there with no vision as to what the foundation should be

Ozzy rules!!
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So in a case like this, you say draft Beast Available Player
 
finmann said:
So in a case like this, you say draft Beast Available Player
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I'd put it this way. We all know we need at least one LB. Lets say we're drafting 12 and your board has a LB that it's 15 on your board. Now lets say your board has a DT as the 12, 13 and 14 best players on your board. We don't need a DT and the LB it's not far from 12 so it's ok imo to go for that need. However, if that LB it's rated as the 21st best player on your board then don't go reaching for it and draft a different position.

Keep on Mind GB drafted Rodgers when they still had Farve
Of course we drafted Ronnie Brown that year. Imagine if we had drafted Rodgers. Things would have been a lot different for all these years

Ozzy rules!!
 
BPA is usually pretty subjective, so there is some flexibility there where the two line up. Drafting solely based on need leads to grabbing a shitty RT like James way too early. Hypothetical scenario: you have the first pick last year and you REALLY need a WR, are you really going to pass on Myles Garrett for a WR? Sure hope not.

The only time that doesn't really apply, IMO, is when you need a QB. The position is too important to not take a shot until you get one.
 
Danny said:
I'd put it this way. We all know we need at least one LB. Lets say we're drafting 12 and your board has a LB that it's 15 on your board. Now lets say your board has a DT as the 12, 13 and 14 best players on your board. We don't need a DT and the LB it's not far from 12 so it's ok imo to go for that need. However, if that LB it's rated as the 21st best player on your board then don't go reaching for it and draft a different position.

Keep on Mind GB drafted Rodgers when they still had Farve
Of course we drafted Ronnie Brown that year. Imagine if we had drafted Rodgers. Things would have been a lot different for all these years

Ozzy rules!!
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After every loss we would have 5 theads of why he should be cut.
 
Danny said:
I'd put it this way. We all know we need at least one LB. Lets say we're drafting 12 and your board has a LB that it's 15 on your board. Now lets say your board has a DT as the 12, 13 and 14 best players on your board. We don't need a DT and the LB it's not far from 12 so it's ok imo to go for that need. However, if that LB it's rated as the 21st best player on your board then don't go reaching for it and draft a different position.

Keep on Mind GB drafted Rodgers when they still had Farve
Of course we drafted Ronnie Brown that year. Imagine if we had drafted Rodgers. Things would have been a lot different for all these years

Ozzy rules!!
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Now that makes sense, because I cannot see a scenario where you can draft BPA and be able to build a team that way, that's not being strategic that's just picking players.
 
Your over thinking it. Success on draft weekend comes from a constantly adapting game plan. Teams picking in the top 10 are generally looking at BPA or QB's because they have an abundance of needs. Playoff teams are looking to solidify their weakness's.

That leaves the rest of us picking 10th - 20th. In most draft classes there are at least 2-3 guys in that range that should've been top 10 picks. Darrell Revis, Aaron Donald, Luke Kuechley, those are the BPA's you want to find.

Also keep in mind, BPA is not an actual person which means even the best available player to one team isn't the best available to another. Every team thinks every player they draft is the BPA.

I am ready for the draft.
 
Drafting for need usually causes teams to overreach and overdraft players. Say in round one you’re on the clock, none of the BPA fit a need, so you draft a player probably slotted for round 2 that fits a need. You do that enough times and you have fans and FO losing patience with players that arent performing to the round they were drafted in even though they shouldn’t have been drafted there to begin with.

If I drafted by need and were in that scenario, I would try to find someone to trade down with instead of overdrafting a player.

I say in BPA approach you find guys you like and go get them. In need approach wait for your needs to fall in the right rounds. But don’t fall in love with a need player.
 
BPA may not be a good strategy for all teams but if has been for us for quite a few years. We need the best player available regardless of position right now.
 
The way I would do it, if I were a GM, which I only am on Madden...

Let’s say a teams top 5 needs are, in order:

-WR
-OG
-LB
-CB
- Backup QB

When your team is on the clock, look at your top 3 needs, in this case WR, OG, LB.

Look at the draft board. Your top need is Wr, but the best WR available is a projected 2nd rounder.

OG is the same way.

But at LB, there’s this player that’s regarded as a can’t miss player. So you take him. It’s not your biggest need, but it’s still a need, and you added a top notch player to your team.

Round 2, you would then take the best available WR, OG, or CB.

Maybe you even get through the whole draft without taking a WR, who knows. But you didn’t reach for anyone. You took quality players that filled needs.

Taking players solely based off of need is how you end up with Ted Ginn’s instead of Patrick Willis’ or Darrell Revis’
 
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