Gil Brandt Calls BB Best Drafter IN NFL

[scout]

Read this article and confirmed my suspicions.

Hall of Fame GM Gil Brandt says Bill Belichick is best drafter of his lifetime

 

[patsfaninpa]

The old school NFL guys except that douche in Miami love BB. They realize signing UDFA’s who become starters is like hitting on an early pick. Butler, Jackson, Jones, Stork, etc. And, picking at the bottom of reach round year after year is difficult.

 

[fnordcircle]

I'll never forgive him for passing on David Terrell.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Belichick is easily one of the best GMs of his generation. Finds undrafted or 6-7th rounders who end up being superbowl mvp's or pro bowl cornerbacks. Every GM has flaws and Belichick's is drafting WRs but he can still find cheap WRs or trade for good ones.

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[Nikolai]

Patsfans board gonna be triggered with this one...

But I tend to agree that BB's picks have pretty good value writ large. No one hits on everything.

And while UDFAs aren't technically picks, BB's ability to find gold there is pretty amazing.

 

[Family]

If one includes UDFA being part of a draft I agree.

What's the difference if you hit on M. Butler, JC Jackson, David Andrews as UDFAs or second round picks?

 

[Teej]

On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson or the second-best tackle in the draft in Kenyatta Walker, they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.

- Ron Borges, MSNBC after 2001 Draft.

 

[archstanton543]

Why would you include undrafted guys in a draft class? Their designation is "Undrafted".

Bill's drafting has been pretty good over the last 20 years but not so great over the last 3. For instance, why didn't he draft a TE last draft with a deep TE class and a desperate need at that position? Also, Bill likes to draft a lot of "projects" and not a lot of near sure things (or as near as you can get in the draft...I know it's still a crap shoot for pretty much every team).

 

[archstanton543]

On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson or the second-best tackle in the draft in Kenyatta Walker, they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.

- Ron Borges, MSNBC after 2001 Draft.

A) That was a long time ago.
B) Borges is an idiot

 

[1960Pats]

If one includes UDFA being part of a draft I agree.

What's the difference if you hit on M. Butler, JC Jackson, David Andrews as UDFAs or second round picks?

I think there's some difference in compensation.

There's no denying BB's GOATness and overall drafting record. The Last few years haven't been his best though.

 

[BTTA]

Patsfans board gonna be triggered with this one...

Yeah, no kidding. Tick, tick, tick.

Or maybe all that energy has been drained off by the corona threads.

Speaking of which, where does Brandt stand on...oh, never mind.

 

[Triumph]

The best at drafting WRs.

OK

The best at drafting RBs.

YUP

Ive always wondered. If BB was such a draft guru then why did he wait until pick 199 to draft Brady? **** Rehbein was begging BB to take him way earlier too.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

He is the guy who took Jermiane Cunningham and not his college teammate Carlos Dunlap. How could he watch all that tape and come to that conclusion?

 

[Froob]

Patsfans board gonna be triggered with this one...

But I tend to agree that BB's picks have pretty good value writ large. No one hits on everything.

And while UDFAs aren't technically picks, BB's ability to find gold there is pretty amazing.

Last few drafts haven't been great towards the top, but he does find guys for sure one way or another.

 

[scout]

Why would you include undrafted guys in a draft class? Their designation is "Undrafted".

Bill's drafting has been pretty good over the last 20 years but not so great over the last 3. For instance, why didn't he draft a TE last draft with a deep TE class and a desperate need at that position? Also, Bill likes to draft a lot of "projects" and not a lot of near sure things (or as near as you can get in the draft...I know it's still a crap shoot for pretty much every team).

The problem with being a Patriot is a fan will scrutinize every pick and label them (bust, good, great, etc). Basically, an objective comparison cannot be made. Someone with a lot of time on their hands (now for instance) can look at each team's draft for a time period and frame an opinion. I really don't care for Gill Brandt. Although, I have doubts regarding some members here.

 

[Nunchucks]

Read this article and confirmed my suspicions.

Hall of Fame GM Gil Brandt says Bill Belichick is best drafter of his lifetime

Gil lost his fastball a while ago

 

[Nunchucks]

I think there's some difference in compensation.

There's no denying BB's GOATness and overall drafting record. The Last few years haven't been his best though.

Guys getting hurt without injury history is not his fault.

 

[everlong]

I don't think Bill is better than his top peers at talent selection. What makes him great is he has a value system that he sticks to, he gives himself many more at bats than his peers and he tries to build a team not a collection of talent.

Ernie and Bill treat it like a doctorate class in economics which in many ways it is. They just use draft capital and value against salary to gain a competitive advantage. When a vet starts making more salary than what they think his value is they let him walk and take the comp pick to get more value. They may take a short term hit in talent at a position but they're usually in a better value situation. Sure you would love to still have Trey Flowers, just not at 17/year. Simon, Winovich, Wise.....not nearly the player Flowers is but combined they make less than a third of what he makes for 80% of the output.

We compared the Steelers 2nd round picks vs the Patriots a few years ago during one of the "Patriots can't draft in the 2nd round" rants. I forget the exact numbers but the Patriots and Steelers had roughly the same percentage of hits in the second round but the Patriots had twice the number of selections in the same time period. Bill knows that as good as they are they're going to miss. He's giving himself more hits by playing the numbers.

It's not like any of this is a revelation. We've had this discussion a lot over the years.

 

[1960Pats]

Guys getting hurt without injury history is not his fault.

The last few years haven't been as productive, even discounting the injuries.

Here's the last 5 years by round...

1 23 Isaiah Wynn
1 29 Dominique Easley
1 31 Sony Michel
1 32 Malcom Brown
2 56 Duke Dawson
2 60 Cyrus Jones
2 62 Jimmy Garoppolo
2 64 Jordan Richards
3 78 Joe Thuney
3 83 Derek Rivers
3 85 Antonio Garcia
3 91 Jacoby Brissett
3 96 Vincent Valentine
3 97 Geneo Grissom
4 101 Trey Flowers
4 105 Bryan Stork
4 111 Tre' Jackson
4 112 Malcolm Mitchell
4 130 James White
4 131 Deatrich Wise
4 131 Shaq Mason
4 140 Cameron Flemming
5 143 Ja'Whaun Bentley
5 166 Joe Cardona
6 178 Christian Sam
6 178 Matthew Wells
6 179 Jon Halapio
6 198 Zach Moore
6 202 A.J. Derby
6 206 Jemea Thomas
6 208 Kamu Grugier-Hill
6 210 Braxton Berrios
6 211 Conor McDermott
6 214 Elandon Roberts
6 221 Ted Karras
7 219 Danny Etling
7 225 Devin Lucien
7 243 Keion Crossen
7 244 Jeremy Gallon
7 247 Darryl Roberts
7 250 Ryan Izzo
7 253 Xzavier ****son

 

[Soliel]

Anyone who uses a 2 on Richards? Don’t get me wrong B.B. is great but drafting is not his strong suit