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Actually this isn't a thread on POP, however I was thinking about it today and the fact Jim has chosen to "hide" that information or remove it altogether with the latest patch.
I actually find this a bit disturbing and I will tell you why. NFL teams spend millions and millions of dollars every year evaluating potential talent that may be drafted in the NFL. They have an ARMY of scouts and personnal that spend every waking moment pouring over stats and game film and statistics. They attempt to evaluate talent 24/7 365.
Yet we get what? Some combine numbers and one line that says, "overrated" or "underrated" and that's it. Add to that the fact we only have a matter of DAYS to set up our draft lists and there is no real way to find information on possible sleepers or players another team might miss etc. There is no way to "outwork" another owner by paying attention to the details and working throughout the season on player evaluation.
In a perfect world, we have have an entirely separate group of scouts we could hire that would do just that. Spend ALL season evaluating college talent. We could direct the amount of time spend doing certain things like, 1. It's well known certain schools produce a higher % of talent like Florida State, Penn State, Ohio State, USC etc..You could set the % of time evaluating talent from a select number of schools.
2. Same thing with smaller colleges. If you think you can uncover a gem from a smaller program(Randy Moss anyone??), then set a % of time at those schools.
3. Set % by position. For instance, I wasn't looking for a QB this year, so I would set the % to 0-5%. Same thing with RB, 0-5%. However, I was after receivers big time, so I could set my % to 35% etc...That way, all things being unequal haha, I would have a much better idea then say someone who was looking for a Qb what receivers were the real deal, and which were a bust.
And I am not talking about 60 interviews, I should have talent evaluations on THE ENTIRE DRAFT. Why not? Every scouting dept in the NFL has every single piece of information on EVERY player in the draft, not just 60.
I don't like Jim's idea to rehide this information. It should be out there for all to see if he is going to severly limit any amount if information we have on draftee''s. Just my 2 cents......
I actually find this a bit disturbing and I will tell you why. NFL teams spend millions and millions of dollars every year evaluating potential talent that may be drafted in the NFL. They have an ARMY of scouts and personnal that spend every waking moment pouring over stats and game film and statistics. They attempt to evaluate talent 24/7 365.
Yet we get what? Some combine numbers and one line that says, "overrated" or "underrated" and that's it. Add to that the fact we only have a matter of DAYS to set up our draft lists and there is no real way to find information on possible sleepers or players another team might miss etc. There is no way to "outwork" another owner by paying attention to the details and working throughout the season on player evaluation.
In a perfect world, we have have an entirely separate group of scouts we could hire that would do just that. Spend ALL season evaluating college talent. We could direct the amount of time spend doing certain things like, 1. It's well known certain schools produce a higher % of talent like Florida State, Penn State, Ohio State, USC etc..You could set the % of time evaluating talent from a select number of schools.
2. Same thing with smaller colleges. If you think you can uncover a gem from a smaller program(Randy Moss anyone??), then set a % of time at those schools.
3. Set % by position. For instance, I wasn't looking for a QB this year, so I would set the % to 0-5%. Same thing with RB, 0-5%. However, I was after receivers big time, so I could set my % to 35% etc...That way, all things being unequal haha, I would have a much better idea then say someone who was looking for a Qb what receivers were the real deal, and which were a bust.
And I am not talking about 60 interviews, I should have talent evaluations on THE ENTIRE DRAFT. Why not? Every scouting dept in the NFL has every single piece of information on EVERY player in the draft, not just 60.
I don't like Jim's idea to rehide this information. It should be out there for all to see if he is going to severly limit any amount if information we have on draftee''s. Just my 2 cents......
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