the wrothbroughterer
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The modus operandi of BB has been to move around and manipulate the draft board to position him to collect as many of the players on his draft board as possible. The strategy has been maddening for us fans at times, but I think there is enough data to support what he's doing. When you consider that he has picked up enough picks to make basically a 2nd draft for us this year from nothing it's especially impressive.
However, he drafted 24 players in the last 2 drafts and in the process only 8 haven't made it onto the roster or the practice squad. A pretty damn good hit rate mind you. 16 players or roughly a quarter of the roster has been acquired through the previous 2 drafts, there is a solid nucleus of veteran's to build around, and there is no reason to discount the potential addition of free agents provided they pass the "Are You Not an *******" test.
Point being there isn't a whole lot of roster space for the 12 players being selected in the upcoming April draft. You can bet that 1 or even 2 picks are going to be passed along to other teams to load up for the 2012 draft but even then they'll have 10 players left to squeeze on the roster. Me thinks that this is the year they package some picks together and try and make a splash and grab 3 and if they can swing it 4 players in the 1st round. The number of bodies available clearly isn't an issue, but level of talent may be. It just seems like the perfect storm for them to move up and cash in on 3 years of prudent, conservative drafting and shoot for some marque playmakers.
Thoughts?
However, he drafted 24 players in the last 2 drafts and in the process only 8 haven't made it onto the roster or the practice squad. A pretty damn good hit rate mind you. 16 players or roughly a quarter of the roster has been acquired through the previous 2 drafts, there is a solid nucleus of veteran's to build around, and there is no reason to discount the potential addition of free agents provided they pass the "Are You Not an *******" test.
Point being there isn't a whole lot of roster space for the 12 players being selected in the upcoming April draft. You can bet that 1 or even 2 picks are going to be passed along to other teams to load up for the 2012 draft but even then they'll have 10 players left to squeeze on the roster. Me thinks that this is the year they package some picks together and try and make a splash and grab 3 and if they can swing it 4 players in the 1st round. The number of bodies available clearly isn't an issue, but level of talent may be. It just seems like the perfect storm for them to move up and cash in on 3 years of prudent, conservative drafting and shoot for some marque playmakers.
Thoughts?