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Agreed. But what if he's the number one player on your board?
I don´t think the draft approach should be to select the best player on the board, but the one who presents the most value to your team based on ranking and position of need. Right now it wouldn´t make any sense to spend a first rounder on a QB as the guy wouldn´t play a meaningful down of football over his entire rookie contract as long as Rodgers stays healthy.
I think you've got to take him in that case. It's a true BPA approach. You have to trust your board. Because if you pass on him, and the Vikings trade up behind us and snag him and he turns out to be All-Pro you're giving a division rival 8+ wins a year.
If that´s your thinking process you would have to sign every free agent the Vikings are interested in as well.
The Vikings passed on Rodgers (who was probably on top of their board) because they thought they had a guy at QB (Daunte Cullpepper) and they took Everson Griffin who was a need. Look how that turned out for them. Obviously, Favre was pretty old when we took Rodgers, but we passed on need for BPA.
While Rodgers didn´t fill a position of immediate need, it was highly probable that he will take over during the time he was still under his rookie contract as he signed a five-year deal.