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Originally Posted by milkman
You get playmakers at the top of the draft.
You build the rest of the team after the first round.
If you can get a full time playmaker in the second, great, take him.
But don't eschew the core of the taem for a part time player.
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A few problems with that take. One is, what do you consider a part-time playmaker? Because I keep hearing the word Cody or Troup or Cam Thomas, who'd probably be a 2-down nose tackle at most, and Golden Tate, who would likely serve in a similar slot capacity as McCluster. Jamaal Charles, if you limit him to 250 carries a game? Darren Sproles, Reggie Bush? Wes Welker?
Secondly, to points 1 and 2, aren't we overlooking the fact that on average about 5 players in the second round tend to be pro bowlers? The fact is, the majority of these players we supposedly whiffed on won't be full-time core players. Most of them will probably be part-time rotational players because the last thing you want is an average player at a core position. It's the second round. You're not going to get a full-time playmaker. And no matter how deep the draft is, the truth is, players in positions of high positional value (3-4 OLB, QB, WR) don't fall into the second round unless there is significant doubt that makes them drop on these boards. In the second round, you either grab great part-time players, grab core players who most likely will never amount to anything beyond a rotational starter, or you grab great players at low positional value (e.g. Safety, Guard, Right Tackle, etc....).
I think in the next 2-3 years, we have tons of opportunity to grab core foundational guys. Especially in free agency or if you hit on a late-day steal (who knows, maybe Sheffield surprises). You only have so many chances to hit on playmakers. And apart from Kindle and Clausen, I don't know who falls into that category.