SNAPPER STOCKPILING STRATEGY OF DRAFT PICKS

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Late round players take years to develop. It's impossible to know this early.

[retailguy]

Late round players take years to develop. It's impossible to know this early.

Marques Colston took FOREVER to get on the field.

[wist43]

Thesse last few posts make a good point, and earlier CalCheez made another, and I'd like to expand on that point. Bretsky's original assumption is that low-round draft picks automatically become the bottom third of your roster. While that is probably the most likely fate of most of those post-fourth round picks, it is also true that there can be impact guys found late. Not too often, but often enough that it's worth having, say, five picks in rounds five to seven rather than three. You might, if your scouts are good and you're a bit lucky, find a Driver, a Colston, a Rivera, a Levens, a Bennett, or a Tauscher.

And if you're only trading down from the mid-fourth to the late fourth to get an extra pick in the fifth or sixth, what does it cost you? If you're trading down then you're clearly not enamoured with what's sitting in front of you. Thompson trades down, yes, but he also stays put - see Rodgers, Harrell, and Hawk.

Has Ted found any late round gems ?? Sherman found Kampman. Wolf found several. Should be interesting to see.

Moll and Jolly are keepers. Culver has potential. Jury is out on Martin. Everything else is junk.

Late round picks from 2005 are all hamburger flippers.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Late round players take years to develop. It's impossible to know this early.

Marques Colston took FOREVER to get on the field.

Tauscher took a few games also.

I think what you hope to find with second day picks are the Pro Bowlers like Kampmann and Driver who keep getting better with experience.
They begin as depth and work their way up.

Also draft picks are usually better players than the undrafted free agent rookie.

Out of all the hundreds of guys that play college football only 10-15 at each position get drafted each year. They are the "cream of the crop"

A guy like Bishop led the PAC 10 in tackles and gets drafted in the 6th round? Drafted players are good players.

KGB was cut and on the practice squad available to all before he led the league in sacks. The same with Hasselback who has started several years in Seattle. Whitticker is the #3 OG in Washington and may earn a starting spot in training camp.

Don't write off the youth Thompson has acquired. This year they will be getting that valuable experience. Judgement of Thompson's picks is coming but it is too soon for many.

[swede]

Thesse last few posts make a good point, and earlier CalCheez made another, and I'd like to expand on that point. Bretsky's original assumption is that low-round draft picks automatically become the bottom third of your roster. While that is probably the most likely fate of most of those post-fourth round picks, it is also true that there can be impact guys found late. Not too often, but often enough that it's worth having, say, five picks in rounds five to seven rather than three. You might, if your scouts are good and you're a bit lucky, find a Driver, a Colston, a Rivera, a Levens, a Bennett, or a Tauscher.

And if you're only trading down from the mid-fourth to the late fourth to get an extra pick in the fifth or sixth, what does it cost you? If you're trading down then you're clearly not enamoured with what's sitting in front of you. Thompson trades down, yes, but he also stays put - see Rodgers, Harrell, and Hawk.

Has Ted found any late round gems ?? Sherman found Kampman. Wolf found several. Should be interesting to see.

Sherman also found two pretty good starters in Wells & Williams very late in the draft.

Late in the draft is probably when Sherm started to lose interest and let his scouts make the picks.