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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 997957" data-attributes="member: 12283">And to be clear-- I do believe that reaches happen. I believe that teams draft players a round+ earlier than they have guys rated because of need. And it could be that Jayden Reed is such an instance. We just don't know. What makes no sense is to judge what is or is not a reach by judging against public perception. If the draft teaches us anything, year after year, it ought to be that the public and the league are not always on the same page. If the Packers had taken Hyatt at #42, a lot of fans would be screaming "STEAL!!!" and yet the league as a whole allowed him to fall to #73. So was he a crazy steal, or did the professionals just not like him as much as the amateurs?I'm inclined to think that the Packers had Reed highly rated for a few reasons:1) He was not picked at the end of a run of WR's-- the top 5 had gone and they had their choice of everyone else in the class. They chose Reed.2) Smart WR people seem to really love Reed. All Matt Harmon does is study college and NFL receivers. He loved Reed. 3) Gutekunst said that they traded back twice because they had so many prospects left that they really valued. Presumably Reed would be one of those.</blockquote>

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