Following every NFL Draft, bloggers and sports analysts spend weeks dissecting every team’s choices, and whether or not they had addressed their “needs” from the pool of available college all-stars. This media scrutiny usually ends up with writers assigning a “grade” or “ranking” to every team’s incoming draft class. Now some reasonable writers do admit how ludicrous this is, distributing grades to teams before their talent even tries on their new jerseys. The rational analysts concede that the only way to accurately assess a draft is to wait several years. But even then, post draft analyses are weak because as every fantasy football enthusiast knows, […] Read the whole post here.
I do agree that that it is already tilted in favor to the teams at the bottom, but even with the parameters that are currently in place, these teams keep losing. Unfortunately even if their schedules are filled with weaker teams, if they are in a competitive division, it is still hard to get a winning season when 6 games are already accounted for during the year. I agree that their is an organizational component to a team's success, but I think that the draft is something that has been left untouched for such a long period of time, that it should be relooked at, especially when 20-22 year olds are expected to put the team on their back next season. That situation doesn't really exist in other major league sports, whether it be a baseball superstar going through the minors, or NHL teams allowing their draftees to finish college. The NFL has made a commitment to fairness, at least that's how I interpret their salary caps and current Draft formula. I proposed alterations to the draft, but there are undoubtedly other ways to make the league more competitive.
please don't give some teams multiple first round picks. Some reasons are complete train wrecks as front offices and some have horrible scouts. Owners play a part in it also. If you want to improve a team, then have more overall draft picks. Go to 10 rounds.
Look at the entire NFC West like 5-6 years ago versus now. Bad teams can definitely improve through drafting. Also, not allowing teams to trade high picks with the reasoning that they arent improving themselves is a bizarre idea, using a desirable pick in order to get a bounty of additional picks and/or players is like the best possible thing a rebuilding team can do for itself...you think the Rams arent better off from the RG3 trade? This isnt the NBA, one superstar player isnt going to turn a bad teams fortunes around singlehandedly...but a solid handful of good ones might.
that is true if you have a good front office. my saints had a lot of high picks that they phucked away on some stupid crap.
only way the league changes the draft is if they can get more money or publicity out of it. I do not think they should change it because like wally said,1 player is not gonna make a lot of difference building the team is the way you win in the nfl unlike the nba.
