I have always hated the BPA theory because no one really knows who will end up performing the best in their NFL career. Maybe it is just the label and to think that anyone has a crystal ball and can actually guess who is best I think is a waste of time. Teams will make their best guesses and fans will never have any clue what was on each teams board at each pick. Need has got to be a factor for each pick, you can't have a team with 7 or 8 DE and a bunch of scrubs playing on the O line and expect to win by setting the sack record. Who cares how many sack a team gets? It is fun to watch but "you play to win the games!!!"
If the Rams took Clowney would he Quinn and Long all be on the field at the same time? There are still only 2 DE positions on any given play. Who goes inside? Are they effective from there?
Until this team is drafting for depth using a pick for a luxury like Clowney would be a waste IMO
SO I make that analysis Remainder
Talent 45% 60%
Need 18% 2%
Pos. 10% 10%
Total 73% 72%
Matthews Clowney
Spags took robert quinn and yes he was bpa and yes he Is bpot right now. But he started only one game his rookie year. I always felt like he contributed to spags demise.Ya know is bpot rigb t noein an old fart like I am I remember when this came into vogue,it was popularized by the Dallas Cowboys who went their first 6 seasons without a winning record under Tom Landry who in today's NFL would have been fired for having that record.
Again the BPA is no rule ,it's a theory and has never been proven or it would be a rule. It sounds great to people who never have to accept the consequences of their omniscience but when you are trying to keep your job and your team is going into your third season and you are sub .500 ,trying to rebuild a team BPA is as bart sez ,a luxury.Maybe Fish can afford it ,to be sure though he's the one who will pay another way if he can't. Not us message board GMs or the Mel Kipers,we go on to our next episode of omniscience.
Wow, im glad most of you guys are not real GM's, draft DE when our OL is average at best. Then when you consider that JL is returning from a big knee surgery and the issues at both Guard positions yet a rotational DE is a higher need than OL???
BPA does not apply when your team has 2 good players at the position and there are huge holes to fill elsewhere.
Go ahead and draft BPA and watch Sam and the rest of the offense suck it up for another year.
I am tired of seeing the rams play mediocre football. Fill the hole at cb, fs, and og with high draft picks then the rams can possibly contend for the nfcw.
Wow, im glad most of you guys are not real GM's, draft DE when our OL is average at best. Then when you consider that JL is returning from a big knee surgery and the issues at both Guard positions yet a rotational DE is a higher need than OL???
BPA does not apply when your team has 2 good players at the position and there are huge holes to fill elsewhere.
Go ahead and draft BPA and watch Sam and the rest of the offense suck it up for another year.
I am tired of seeing the rams play mediocre football. Fill the hole at cb, fs, and og with high draft picks then the rams can possibly contend for the nfcw.