Questions
Ajay Sutton
When to Ignore Negative Player Narratives?
How do you guys feel about how, sometimes, negative player narratives can become way too definitive or set in stone that you should "avoid X player for Y reason"?For example - I just read a report about Brown's RBs from Camp. 90% of the narrative was that Terrance West was a beast in a pass-catching drill, and that Petine was smitten with his ability. Then, thrown in as almost an afterthought, it mentioned that Pettine did reiterate that Tate is a much stronger pass-blocker, and that the rookie will need to improve dramatically in that area.
At what point does it become a sly move to ignore all of these negative suppositions about a particular player (like Ben Tate), and just take a shot on them anyways? I'm trying to rack my brain to come up with examples from the recent past in which the industry ended up dead wrong on a guy that they wholly thought was overrated or likely to be a bust. I hear Tate cast in a negative light from almost every podcast/analyst I follow because of his injury history and how awesome West is supposed to be....what if everyone is wrong, and he turns out to be a 1200 yard, 8 TD guy?
Tate is just one example...there are others. I'm kinda just interested in peoples' take on this as a whole.
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0Shane Cox (500 Reputation Points)I understand your point. I think the the time you have to take a shot is when the player slides down further than his mock draft (or FireFactor) projected him. People are probably going to be all over Terrance West and might even draft him within a round of Ben Tate. And if that's the case and you feel strongly that Ben Tate will be a 3rd down back, then you might come away with a steal.
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