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<blockquote data-quote="757Niner" data-source="post: 876336" data-attributes="member: 6235"><p>I find much fault with this line of thinking. History has shown us that rookie WRs can and will contribute right away. Hell, look no further than last year's draft class. Off the top of my head...</p><p></p><p>AJ Brown</p><p>Terry Maclurin</p><p>DK Metcalf</p><p>Deebo Samuel</p><p>Darius Slayton</p><p>Dionate Johnson</p><p></p><p>All of those rookies made immediate impacts. Three of those rookies were defacto WR1 on playoff teams if you look at their numbers the last month of the regular season and playoffs. Maclaurin and Slayton get absolutely no love because they played on bad teams. And who knows how good Johnson would have been had he not been playing with 2nd and 3rd string QBs for most of the season.</p><p></p><p>Point is, there are plenty of examples throughout draft history of first year WRs having a impact on their team's success. So that excuse simply isn't good enough.</p><p></p><p>If Gute liked Love more than any other WR on his board at the time that's fine...</p><p></p><p>BUT we should all know by now that BPA available is a huge myth. NO TEAM simply drafts according to the best talent on the board. We'd have a bunch of interior O-Lineman and LBs going late in the first and early in the second every draft. </p><p></p><p>Some positions are coveted more than others and some teams emphasize talent differently. One GM might put a less talanted skill position player over a more talented player at a non-skill position. EVERY team skews their board to align with team needs....and don't let them tell you different.</p><p></p><p>But this fallacy that you don't draft a WR high because they rarely contribute immediately just doesn't hold water. Like I said, if Gute felt Love was the best prospect on his board and he wanted to make sure he got him, that's on him. He'll have to live and die with that eval. But justifying it with this whole 'rookie WR production theory' just makes him look like his scrambling, trying to justify ignoring what appeared to be a decent size hole in your roster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="757Niner, post: 876336, member: 6235"] I find much fault with this line of thinking. History has shown us that rookie WRs can and will contribute right away. Hell, look no further than last year's draft class. Off the top of my head... AJ Brown Terry Maclurin DK Metcalf Deebo Samuel Darius Slayton Dionate Johnson All of those rookies made immediate impacts. Three of those rookies were defacto WR1 on playoff teams if you look at their numbers the last month of the regular season and playoffs. Maclaurin and Slayton get absolutely no love because they played on bad teams. And who knows how good Johnson would have been had he not been playing with 2nd and 3rd string QBs for most of the season. Point is, there are plenty of examples throughout draft history of first year WRs having a impact on their team's success. So that excuse simply isn't good enough. If Gute liked Love more than any other WR on his board at the time that's fine... BUT we should all know by now that BPA available is a huge myth. NO TEAM simply drafts according to the best talent on the board. We'd have a bunch of interior O-Lineman and LBs going late in the first and early in the second every draft. Some positions are coveted more than others and some teams emphasize talent differently. One GM might put a less talanted skill position player over a more talented player at a non-skill position. EVERY team skews their board to align with team needs....and don't let them tell you different. But this fallacy that you don't draft a WR high because they rarely contribute immediately just doesn't hold water. Like I said, if Gute felt Love was the best prospect on his board and he wanted to make sure he got him, that's on him. He'll have to live and die with that eval. But justifying it with this whole 'rookie WR production theory' just makes him look like his scrambling, trying to justify ignoring what appeared to be a decent size hole in your roster. [/QUOTE]
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