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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
This is what I come back to when I think of teams talking themselves into drafting a QB in the first round because they need one: 2011 NFL Draft - Wikipedia
Locker, Gabbert, Ponder.
As someone whose team might very well overdraft one of the QBs this year, I am somewhat petrified. |
Yes, this feels exactly like that kind of year. And the advent of analytics has made this feel ever more present, as each team now has a couple of quants from Yale sitting in the corner muttering "there's no empirical justification to take the pro-bowl tackle or edge rusher or cornerback, just roll the dice on your top-rated quarterback" or whatever. Setting aside Cam Newton, and my own still-satisfying mention of Jimmy Claussen as "pocket lint," this is very much the draft scenario I fear a bit for the teams who get carried away. Just look at all the Pro Bowl coloration for the top half of that draft, basically every player except the reached-for quarterbacks.