I attached Peter King's FMIA article from this morning. Plenty of interesting info today and well worth the long read.
One area I thought worth pointing out was his piece on the 49ers. The 49ers got to the Super Bowl, but used a lot of 2020 draft capital to get there. This year they have their 1st (31st overall) pick, but don't pick again until the 10th pick in Round 5.
King offers a solution for a draft pick needy team by explaining what Seattle did in last years draft:
"The arch-rival Seahawks, with ever-restless GM John Schneider, provided an excellent example in 2019 of how to turn one first-round pick into a bevy of picks, replenishing what would have been a thin crop.
The trades:
1. Seattle traded its first-round pick, 21st overall, to Green Bay for the 30th, 114th and 118th picks.
2. Seattle traded the 30th pick to the Giants for the 37th, 132nd and 142nd picks.
3. Seattle traded the 37th pick to Carolina for the 47th and 77th picks. At 47, Seattle picked S Marquise Blair.
4. Seattle traded the 77th and 118th picks to New England for the 64th pick. At 64, Seattle selected WR DK Metcalf.
5. Seattle traded the 114th pick to Minnesota for the 120th and 204th picks.
Seattle picked WR Gary Jennings Jr. at 120, S Ugo Amadi at 132, LB Ben Burr-Kiven at 142, and RB Travis Homer at 204.
So Seattle turned pick #21 into six picks:
47, 64, 120, 132, 142 and 204 . . . two second-round picks, two fourth-round picks, one fifth-round pick and one sixth-round pick"
The NFL draft can be a classical argument of quantity vs. quality. Whether or not you agree with what the Seahawks did, they went into the draft with a plan, and then executed their plan.
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The draft isnt complicated if you plan and prepare
What you do with those picks? That's hit or miss. This seems to be DG's specialty though, so i want to see him with more draft picks, especially with the enormous holes the Giants have everywhere.
that's why we have the superior strategy of selecting UNsuccessful multi-year starters.
Draft good players and you'll have a good team regardless of your trading habits.
Round 2: Corey Webster
Round 3: Justin Tuck
Round 4: Brandon Jacob
Round 6: a DE that didnt make the team.
Point being, have a plan, have conviction. Hopefully good coaching to prepare these players and develop them.
That doesn't mean drafting players is easy or predictive.
Draft good players and you'll have a good team regardless of your trading habits.
Well if you feel you can draft smartly then maybe accumulating more picks is a good strategy.
The plan was simple: free agency brought RT, MLB and WR.
Draft brought CB, DE, RB
All needs and all complimented each other.
The Giants spent a decent amount of money on key additions, allowed them to pick quality players, some at positions of need some with great value.
That is the plan.
That doesn't mean drafting players is easy or predictive.
This is true, but I think what we saw from Reese was select great athletes.
Gettleman has a different approach.
Big men help you compete. Hernandez, Hill, Lawrence are all big dudes.
Intelligent, mature players like Barkley and Jones are worth spending 1st round picks on. Lawrence is very smart and grounded for his age as well.
Ever hear interviews with Slayton? The kids is bright and wants to be great yet is a team first player. In 2 drafts you can see the type of player DG is after.
If you go off their rookie year Hill and Hernandez did very well. They didn’t improve in their sophomore season but I have not given up on them yet.
Then, with their shitty WR corp, they reach for N’keal Harry instead of drafting Metcalf, Marquise Brown or AJ Brown.
Then, at the end of the 2nd round they still could have drafted Metcalf but traded their pick Seattle... who picked Metcalf.
Then, with their shitty WR corp, they reach for N’keal Harry instead of drafting Metcalf, Marquise Brown or AJ Brown.
Then, at the end of the 2nd round they still could have drafted Metcalf but traded their pick Seattle... who picked Metcalf.
Impossible, only Gettlemen has horrible drafts!
That's my impression too and we'll see what happens going forward. They are a team that is burdened by a large QB contract and they really need to hit on draft picks, and they haven't been great recently.
They've already gotten DK Metcalf, who looks to be a stud, with the returns from the pick so they are already ahead. If any of the other guys pan out, it's gravy.
This team needs both, especially quentity. Just picking BPA does not get it in my view, unless they are just gambling on free agency which I suspect they will do, question is to what extent?
I think you might be reading that context yourself. I tend to read it as thinking that the odds of consistently hitting successfully on draft picks are not especially high, so having more picks is a safer play. It will yield more busts, but also more hits, assuming the success rate is unchanged.
I'm sure there are some that think it automatically translates into more good players, but I think most people understand that the only thing that trading down guarantees is more opportunity, not more guaranteed success.