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Monday, April 17, 2017

2017 NFL Draft: Explanation of Process

Alright a late start to draft content for me, but I wanted to get as much data into my system from pro days and combine as possible before I started to write and finalize my opinion, positional ranks and big board. This is a short explanation of how I come to my final thoughts.

My early opinions are just from watching college football throughout the season, it means I’ll miss players, it isn’t definitive, but it gives me a cursory knowledge of players before I move to step two… setting up data for my productivity grade. If you read my pieces before the college season started those were the basis for my productivity grades, but I did make some changes when I started to put together the spreadsheets, but I’ll elaborate on that in each positional piece. Following that is the athleticism component which has been weighted based on a study I found, it’s not perfect, but I find that the combination of these two data points at least gives me a good place to start at each position. Following all that I adjust based on Draft Breakdown cut-ups and personal opinions. I’m in no way fool proof but I like where I end up generally with my process and tweak it for efficiency as I get more feedback.

Moving forward, I plan to put out a top whatever for QB, RB, WR, TE, OT, OG, C, Interior DL, Edge Rushers, Off-Ball Linebackers, CB, FS, and SS. Add in a write up on a team building exercise I got from @JoeGoodberry before last season, a mock draft (both what I’d do and a predictive one), and a big board it’s going to be a busy week and a half.

As always would love to hear back about anything your questions, comments, or concerns on, and plowing ahead as we wrap up draft season and move towards the fantasy football season.

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