04-27-2018, 08:49 AM
The Browns have had top picks for years, yes, but this year they have multiple high picks. It's really hard for NFL teams to screw up when given more chances. The data shows teams are better off having more picks, regardless of draft round, than having a few high picks, and fewer picks overall.
This is why it is so bad for Stanford football to end a signing day with only 80 players on scholarship. Statistically, at least one of the five guys - who are as talented as the avg. player in the scholarship signing class taken - who would take the five remaining slots, will turn out to be a key contributor to the team. Maybe you save one scholarship for a walk-on like Richardson or a Craig Jones annually, but ending a signing class with five open scholarships puts a program at a disadvantage to its competition.
In the 2018 NFL Draft, the Browns are getting 7.8% of the chances through 64 picks. The average NFL team is getting just over 3% of the chances to find top players over the total number of chances available through 64 selections. That's a very big deal.
This is why it is so bad for Stanford football to end a signing day with only 80 players on scholarship. Statistically, at least one of the five guys - who are as talented as the avg. player in the scholarship signing class taken - who would take the five remaining slots, will turn out to be a key contributor to the team. Maybe you save one scholarship for a walk-on like Richardson or a Craig Jones annually, but ending a signing class with five open scholarships puts a program at a disadvantage to its competition.
In the 2018 NFL Draft, the Browns are getting 7.8% of the chances through 64 picks. The average NFL team is getting just over 3% of the chances to find top players over the total number of chances available through 64 selections. That's a very big deal.