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Published on May 15, 2017
The Los Angeles Rams had to contend without a first-round pick this draft. But did they make up for that lack of opportunity with a strong Day 2-3 draft? Find out as James Cobern breaks down the 2017 class with production, age and athleticism data.
This is a bit different take on the value of players picked in the draft. So, I thought it would be better to put it in its own thread.
AgamemnonThat was interesting. Though I think the guy is way too locked in to sheer assumptions when he talks about how teams use H-back/receiving TE types. He just doesn’t account for the fact that McVay, the former TE coach, uses those guys in ways that are not a simply repetition of the league-wide norm.
I stopped listening after Ebukam (for no particular reason, I will get back to it later maybe). BUT he ranks all 5 of the first 5 picks as meeting the profile of league starters. Everett, Kupp, Johnson, Reynolds, Ebukam. He downgrades them some for not meeting the profile of exceptional, pro-bowl level players. But if he’s right (and I personally think he is), to get 5 productive starters from one draft without a 1st round pick is just simply exceptional.
He is a pure numbers guy. He looks for common points that certain classes of players exhibit. He uses that to project where a player will eventually fall in relation to expectations. Stuff like, all the 3 time all pro players had stats of at least this. Does this particular player exhibit that stat. All the 3 time all pro qbs performed at the 89th percentile in high school. etc. That would include stuff like, total yards, completion percentage, td to int.
What you are talking about is fit. imo And no he doesn’t use that.
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