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AQNOR
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 WRs don't make great draft investments
Quote: Got my Draftmetrics book in the mail over the weekend and in browsing through it, I cringed at the Chapter Three conclusions because it shows why drafting wide receivers is often a risky proposition. The folks at Draftmetrics studied NFL drafts from 1990-2009, and in those 20 years the return on so-called skill position players was bad and the return on wide receivers was, well, horrible. Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins ... z0kGU48zv9
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Big Dave
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
I'm sure there is a whole chapter on the Detroit Lions in there;)
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1984phins
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
Well, if they don't make great draft investments, then we should get one in free agency then.
Oh wait. . . .
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10acjed
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
So if great receivers are not drafted, where do they come from...
Ohhh man... Now I am soo confused...
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Iowafin
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
10acjed wrote: So if great receivers are not drafted, where do they come from...
Ohhh man... Now I am soo confused... Well, they come from the draft...just not very often.
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Iceberg85
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
10acjed wrote: So if great receivers are not drafted, where do they come from...
Ohhh man... Now I am soo confused... Well 10ACjed, when a Gm and a Coach love each other very much....
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Phins Rock
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
Iceberg85 wrote: 10acjed wrote: So if great receivers are not drafted, where do they come from...
Ohhh man... Now I am soo confused... Well 10ACjed, when a Gm and a Coach love each other very much.... 
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Bones
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 Re: WRs don't make great draft investments
Iceberg85 wrote: 10acjed wrote: So if great receivers are not drafted, where do they come from...
Ohhh man... Now I am soo confused... Well 10ACjed, when a Gm and a Coach love each other very much.... 
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