10-19-2021, 08:49 AM
(10-18-2021, 05:24 PM)MFFL Wrote: Hindsight is great. But if everyone had the same ability to know who would be the best players out of a draft then those players would not have been available to us anyway
As they say, Hindsight is 20:20. By definition, you don't have that beforehand when the decision is made.
But that's the only way to rate the success of a draft or a draft choice.
Classic example was a lot of people thinking Ryan Leaf was a better option than Peyton Manning.
And, obviously, nobody thought Tom Brady was starting QB material. Or Tony Romo. Or even Dak, really.
Recognition that drafting is something of a crap shoot is why there are rookie salary scales. That way the owners protect themselves from paying million$ to busted draftees.