To B(PA) or not to B(PA)

[Happy Panther]

It's all BPA within reason and BPA within philosophy. BPA with a few constraints as it were.

[MV%doe]

I actually did a bit on true BPA - on the assumption the team's board was the various draft lists I was looking at, what would we be picking at 28, 60, etc based on who was the best player "left"?  

 

in some cases you get a better player, gaining a round of value over the first three rounds.  In some cases you draft a QB and two DTs.

 

 

http://absolutepanthers.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-bpa-exercise-in-four-parts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FSuxJO+%28Panthers+rumors%2C+news%2C+and+speculation%29

 

 

nice work.

 

ive prepared myself for a unlike-able pick, in the sense its not a OT, WR or DB. if its DT or LB, i trust the team/scouts/docs/dave made the right choice. 

[iamhubby1]

Eeeeehhh, why not?

 

I was in a bad marriage for eight and a half years, so I'm used to being held responsible for whatever goes wrong, anyway :unsure:

Lol. I been with the wife for almost a quarter century. I'm right all the time. Most notably is when she agrees with me. Or my favorite. When she ain't around to begin with. jk

We may suffer some growing pains this year. Or, we may surprise once again. But I take solace in the fact that next year is the first year, we will be largely out from under hurndog moves.

[magnus]

nice work.

 

ive prepared myself for a unlike-able pick, in the sense its not a OT, WR or DB. if its DT or LB, i trust the team/scouts/docs/dave made the right choice. 

only twice have they ever really called the name I was pleading for - Josh Norman (sorry) and Star Lotulelei.  In nearly 20 years, that's not a lot of guys I figured we were picking. 

 

Just how it is.  Luckily they get more info than we do.

[Mr. Scot]

only twice have they ever really called the name I was pleading for - Josh Norman (sorry) and Star Lotulelei.  In nearly 20 years, that's not a lot of guys I figured we were picking. 

 

Just how it is.  Luckily they get more info than we do.

 

Before Star Lotulelei, the last player of my choice they took was DeAngelo Williams.

 

That's not to say i was against everyone else they took first, mind you.  They just weren't my first choices.

[pantherclaw]

So easy to look back a year later, after drafted players perform/don't perform, and try to say it was/wasn't BPA???

Short was consider a high first round pick, and best 3tech DT in last years draft.

Slipping only cause of questionable motor.

I consider him a steal in the second round, specially with his impact on the field.

Now proving BPA with a few if the late rounders is certainly more debatable, IMO.

[Jangler]

At least we know who to blame if we suck ass next year.

 

Why wait, lets do it now.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

At least we know who to blame if we suck ass next year.

Mr. Scot?

Nah Gettleman/Hurney

............Thx for clearing that up......

[Herbert The Love Bug]

Tl/dr

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[PiratePanther189]

I have no doubt that we will get a WR somewhere that isn't considered a reach. However, I'm scared that we're going to be forced to reach for an o-lineman early and more times than not that's a waste of a draft pick.

[mc52beast]

Taking a strict BPA outlook on the draft(need not included), if the BPA at #28 was a qb(which is impossible this year), would Dave pick a qb even though he has Cam Newton?

[panthers55]

This discussion about BPA assumes that players can be easily graded and put into some kind of pecking order so that you can distinguish about whether need played into the equation or not.  Short was used as an example.  Gettleman has said that Short was BPA on his board and the question remains was he BPA purely based on talent or did need or other factors play into it.  Not to muddy the waters but it seems that Gettleman also values some positions more so than others. So an offensive tackle at lets say left tackle might get an automatically higher grade than lets say a running back who are easier to find through out the draft. Or if certain positions are deeper in this draft are they  given a lower grade than positions where the talent falls off more sharply. Given that money and cap space are big factors, need might also be highly influenced by how easily would it be to find the replacement in free agency after the draft or for what we can spend.

So is it BPA, BPA at a position of need. BPA weighted toward positions expensive to replace in free agency, or some form of combination of a number of factors so that our BPA might be very different than other boards for example where flashy players who will sell tickets are most highly valued for example.