Comments on: Battle of the AFC North 2013 Draft Class: The Final Assessment https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/ An Introspective Steelers Site Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Bye Week Pro Bowl: Insights ‘n At | Going Deep: https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-1999 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:29:02 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-1999 […] Chargers recap:   […]

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]]> By: The Bye Week Pro Bowl: Best Comments from the 2015 Season | Going Deep: https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-1914 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:37:05 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-1914 […] AFC North 3013 Draft, wrap-up article: […]

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]]> By: Mrs. Strangelove, Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Statistics and Love the Steelers | Going Deep: https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-720 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:13:20 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-720 […] week I published the finale to a series detailing the 2013 AFC North draft and the results thereof. I freely admit that […]

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-610 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:32:36 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-610 I started to write a very long reply to this and decided I couldn’t possibly address it all in a comment. So it will be an article, probably early next week. Thanks for that! Part of the difficulty of a site like this is coming up with things to write about. The article will undoubtedly reveal a great deal more than anyone one wants to know about how my mind works, because as I’m sure you’ve ascertained I tend to be a fairly stream of consciousness type writer. So sorry to make you wait, but a 5000-word comment might break the site : )

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]]> By: Anonymous https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-603 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 04:00:53 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-603 So….what are your overall conclusions, Rebecca? I’ll admit I normally would never read this kind of grading assessment (or assessment of grading?) except that this one had your name attached. Do you agree that drafting is a crapshoot? Were you hoping to see something in particular in relation to the Steelers or any of the other teams? Did you have an idea you were hoping to see confirmed or the opposite? And while I’m asking questions, I assume you enjoy doing things like this and I’m curious about that as well.

So many things about other forms of fandom puzzle me.:) Sometimes I’m a bit appalled, other times just interested in what would never occur to me. Is a study like this just a way to look more closely at the whole process? What did you enjoy about it? Does it change your view of….well, of anything?

Finally, while I”m asking questions, do you believe there are people who are very good at it and did that show up in the articles you read if pertaining to teams other than the AFC North? I often talk to a Seahawks fan who is convinced that Pete Carroll (as having significant input in the process) is better at drafting than anyone else in the NFL because his college coaching experience both gave him certain assessment skills others lack in terms of how the players translate to the NFL and also created his expectation of an almost complete turnover of players every 2-3 years, I guess so that he wants more than other coaches to draft players who make an immediate impact, then he replaces them. To make that more clear, I’m not claiming that he is the best in the NFL at drafting. I pay almost no attention to the draft but that’s my friend’s belief and the Seahaws do seem to have an enviable talent for finding late round draft picks who are stars. And then–replacing them? I guess we’ll see on that last point.

Earthling–still too lazy, I guess, to figure out why I got hung up on making an account here

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-602 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 03:42:54 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-602 I presume the “premature evaluation” is only a problem if it lasts more than 4 hours… And I like the Mel Kiper testimonial idea : )

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]]> By: elpalito https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-601 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:26:52 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-601 I don’t know if it is too early to say it about Thomas. JJ at least gets on the field each year. Thomas hasn’t gotten his butt off the bench yet and he’s in Year 3. If Allen has a concussion and is out next week, and Thomas remains on the bench, I think it is fair to say that he’s not ever going to have an impact.

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]]> By: Ivan https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/09/14/battle-of-the-afc-north-2013-draft-class-the-final-assessment/#comment-600 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:47:05 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=636#comment-600 This should be required reading for anyone who is tempted to give a thumbs up or down to a draft prior to at least five years. Those guilty of ‘premature evaluation’ should consider seeking medical attention. There certainly would be a market for an over the counter medication of some kind. Maybe we could get Mel Kiper to do some sort of testimonial.

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