Post by vikingpitbull on Dec 3, 2020 19:46:04 GMT -6
Anyone who complains about teams wasting 5/6/7th round picks is not to be taken seriously.
But if you're evaluating a GM, complaining about their 5th-7th round picks is pointless, basically all GMs whiff on those picks.
The one point I always comeback to is Rick's fan boys sure let you know when he hits on one or any late round pick. So if they crow about those then why can't others speak out about the 70 that flopped in the same way?
The point for most is most GMs don't use that strategy so I think we should be able to point to it a bit more as failed attempts. It's no secret what he targets to do to accumulate late rd picks and he turns late into later many times. Also 5th to 7th rd picks in certain positions should be judged as failures because many of the special team talents are taken late or as undrafted and it's not uncommon to get very good production.