JLB
April 22nd, 2008, 11:14:21 AM
The draft is a culmination of months of work. Scouts do a great job of going across the country and evaluating players for the big day, and still, almost every team has a different opinion when identifying the best players available. As I've always said, some people like Rocky Road ice cream and some people prefer vanilla.
Team needs, of course, will play a factor in the order in which players are selected. The first 40 players here, though, are good enough to offset team needs in some circumstances. Once we get into the fifth tier, there is not as much of a difference between the 41st-best player and the 65th, so it's in the second half of Round 2 where teams will begin to focus more on filling specific needs.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d807e36eb&template=with-video&confirm=true
Team needs, of course, will play a factor in the order in which players are selected. The first 40 players here, though, are good enough to offset team needs in some circumstances. Once we get into the fifth tier, there is not as much of a difference between the 41st-best player and the 65th, so it's in the second half of Round 2 where teams will begin to focus more on filling specific needs.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d807e36eb&template=with-video&confirm=true