Texas vs. Oklahoma: Scouting our next QB?

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Originally Posted by mlmdub130

i am totally against the whole best player avail bs that everyone talks about basically with that you are saying if colt mccoy is available then the saints should draft him rather than a position they need, becuase he is the best player avail? don't think so, that rule only works when you have teams that are terrible and having one good player makes a splash but doesn't always work, like quinn, jackson, russell, just to name a few

I think it was Rich McKay that used to talk about how when he was a GM they would almost always go for BPA. However in the process they would rule out certain positions, at least until certain points in the draft. So in the Saints example you would go into your meeting and say "alright, if we do end up drafting a QB it won't be until after the third round, if that."

I personally believe that BPA should be used in combination with selecting a need. However you should always try to supplement with free agency to avoid passing up a quality young player. Still if you have a position of need and a position thats not so pressing at the moment then I think it would be foolish to select that latter player assuming there was a rating difference of only 2 or 3 points. Still Vinny talks about how for the most part they will take the top rated player regardless, and to me that's part of the problem with our front office. That and our allergies towards selecting offensive lineman.