Of course things will change with free agency, everyone knows that. If we want to discuss the draft now(and fans do want to discuss it), then all we can do is speculate with what we know now.
Its why Dottino sounds like such an ass when he shits on callers (BBKL) that ask about draft scenarios before free agency. When the current situation changes, the questions will change too of course.
A.) I know they're just MOCK drafts
B.) It's interesting to see the varying opinions on certain players
C.) Am able to get a good idea of the top 100-150 players in the draft and check out the scouting reports.
There's not a whole lot going between now and the draft.... Â
Are useful for envisioning possibilities regardless of whether it is before or after FA. What I don’t get it’s the need for some to post theirs on this board to get some validation.
And the point of idle speculation about anything Â
I'd rather read an articles where they rank the prospects after key events like Combine... Projecting players to team is a useless exercise..
Overall though I am more old-school where a team should draft the BPA, but take things like positional value into account.. and not draft based on need.. that takes you down the path JR went over the final 6-8 years..
I see guys projecting specific trades, and picks for all 7 rounds. It's beyond ridiculous. Very few mocks track accurately beyond the first three picks, and a lot of times they don't even get that right.
Everyone who covers football for a living has WAY too much time on their hands between the SB and the Draft.
Show me an overall VALUE board. But don't bother mocking it for me. Their guesses aren't any better than mine or anyone else's, and their penchant for mapping a team's "biggest need" (which they often assess differently than the team) is infantile.
Its why Dottino sounds like such an ass when he shits on callers (BBKL) that ask about draft scenarios before free agency. When the current situation changes, the questions will change too of course.
I enjoy the mock drafts because....
A.) I know they're just MOCK drafts
B.) It's interesting to see the varying opinions on certain players
C.) Am able to get a good idea of the top 100-150 players in the draft and check out the scouting reports.
Nailed it YAJ
I take no stock in them though.
Overall though I am more old-school where a team should draft the BPA, but take things like positional value into account.. and not draft based on need.. that takes you down the path JR went over the final 6-8 years..
Everyone who covers football for a living has WAY too much time on their hands between the SB and the Draft.
Show me an overall VALUE board. But don't bother mocking it for me. Their guesses aren't any better than mine or anyone else's, and their penchant for mapping a team's "biggest need" (which they often assess differently than the team) is infantile.