Let's say Shanahan's new-found appreciation for building through the draft leads him to a policy of only picking the best player available at each draft spot that we have (no trading up or down). Factoring in some amount of the current state of our team into the equation (i.e. a team set at QB, TE, DE, and CB, as well as one that employs a zone-blocking offense), he decides to rank the players without considering which position is the greatest need, and then pick the highest ranked player available.
At #12, these would likely be the players making up the top of his list -
Rashard Mendenhall
Jonathan Stewart
Malcolm Kelly
Desean Jackson
Ryan Clady
Sam Baker
Chris Williams
Sedrick Ellis
Kentwan Balmer
Keith Rivers
Dan Connor
Kenny Phillips
In what order would you rank these players? Please feel free to add names I may have missed out that might slot into this bunch or remove names that don't belong to this list, in your opinion.
Now, by no means am I advocating drafting with this strategy. That's a topic for a different discussion. We've been spending quite some time discussing which position to draft with our first pick. I just thought it would be interesting to see what we thought of the players themselves, regardless of position.
At #12, these would likely be the players making up the top of his list -
Rashard Mendenhall
Jonathan Stewart
Malcolm Kelly
Desean Jackson
Ryan Clady
Sam Baker
Chris Williams
Sedrick Ellis
Kentwan Balmer
Keith Rivers
Dan Connor
Kenny Phillips
In what order would you rank these players? Please feel free to add names I may have missed out that might slot into this bunch or remove names that don't belong to this list, in your opinion.
Now, by no means am I advocating drafting with this strategy. That's a topic for a different discussion. We've been spending quite some time discussing which position to draft with our first pick. I just thought it would be interesting to see what we thought of the players themselves, regardless of position.
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