As I mentioned earlier I said, there's nothing concrete to Mut 24 Coins use in a live simulation of this. It's not true that an Excel spreadsheet claims that Aaron Donald is a 99 in reality and that 99 is the final number for all. The closest thing we can use to see how teams rate specific spots are an NFL Draft. This is what I'm using. And, despite Kevin Durant's requests to "look at graphs while having a football convo."

In the past twenty NFL drafts, just three positions have been picked as number one overall including defensive ends, quarterbacks as well as offensive tackles. The last time a player outside of these three positions was first? WR Keyshawn Johnson in 1996 (it worked out). It was also the year that running back Ki-Jana's Carter made the move to first to the Bengals (it didn't work out). There's a saying in the past about football matches being played by the trenches. It could be true or perhaps the games of football are decided by 120 math-based coin flips when two men attempt to guess what their opponent is doing. What do you think? The data indicates that coaches and the front office think that the games will be decided and lost in front from both ends of the field and that's the thing to consider here.

Here's the chart below that details the way NFL players have been drafted at each position, round-by-round in the last 15 years. The greener portion around a number signifies more of the position that was drafted in that round. The same three positions first in the draft show up in this round. Defensive tackles are a bit ahead of the other linemen. The situation evens out in the second round, with the other positions getting ahead of QBs and linemen, and you'll discover more defensive backs off the field.

It's obvious that there'd take more than 7 rounds should the entire league was re-drafted. It's interesting to observe the way front office managers view a certain areas when there's a brand new group of players entering the league.

I've added graphs to break down three of the most interesting positions: quarterback wide receiver, and running back. This is what I've created is took the top 40 players at the various positions and plotted them in terms of the yards (through the week of Week 8) against. the draft spot.

What you'll see with quarterbacks is the amount of data points that are to right of their screen. This is in line with what the chart earlier showed that quarterbacks are typically recruited at an early age. However, look at how many have a distance of less than 500 yards from their leader and how far that group is. Although teams are always keen to take quarterbacks out early but there is value to be found in later rounds. For instance, Tom Brady, Dak Prescott, and Kirk Cousins shown here.

Wide receivers, the top ones were drafted in the initial three rounds, which is comparatively early. After that, wide receivers aren't really differentiating from one another based on the time they were chosen.

Running backs are more high-end. In the 10 top players eight were drafted during the initial two rounds (Chris Carson and Carlos Hyde being the lone notable exceptions). If there's no "obvious" player at RB who is available in the early rounds it's probably best keeping your options open. In both 2023 and 2016 there were only two running backs who were picked in the first two rounds. The only exception is 2023 within the timeframe, with seven running backs picked by selection 64.