Sometimes these guys crack me up. Len Pasquerelli wrote of the Vikings selecting Tarvaris Jackson in the second round, "Jackson has a whip of an arm and was on the rise the last few weeks, but the Vikings seem to have grabbed him a little earlier than anticipated." To which I say, there is no such thing as drafting someone too late; once a guy is gone, he's gone!

I understand that players are projected to go in certain rounds, but this is nitpicking. All this nonsense about a player going in certain rounds is stupid stuff. The market sets the price and teams ultimately set the round. Whether someone was too early or late is decided years later. Ryan Leaf never should have been drafted in the first place, what was he, the number 2 pick? Tim Couch comes to mind. Any number of busts.

Too early to know if Jackson should have been a third rounder as opposed to a late second rounder. He might turn out better than the three QBs drafted in the first 11 picks, who knows?

I understand what your saying, but the logic is ex post facto. The draft is merely a projection based on the past performance of these players. In the minds of analysts, there were at least 64 players in the draft that were more valued by teams than Jackson. Obviously, Minnesota valued him more than analysts thought. I agree it might be a little stupid to distinguish a player like Jackson as being a third rounder opposed to a late second rounder, but it is obvious that he should not have been drafted in a round filled Leinart, Bush, Young, and various other players who had clearly separated themselves as the best players in college football. Now we may look back at this in couple of years, and say that he should have been the overall number one pick. Maybe he shouldn't have been drafted at all. He could have one stellar season, and then fall off the face of the earth a year later. Too early to tell, too many intangibles. In terms of the draft, all is said in the context of the present, and how they performed during their college careers. Just my two cents.



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