Fans and professional mock drafters fall into a trap where they compare prospects in a given draft to each other. If you looked only at college stats and physical traits, Rudolph compared quite well to the others. That’s how people in here started advocating for Roquon Smith at 12 and Rudolph in the second. In terms of capital in the 2018 draft, that would have been a savvy move. But Beane knew that we need a franchise-changing player and took a BIG swing. BTW, I wanted to find a way to pick Darnold. If not him, I wanted to trade back from 12 and take Lamar. That’s why I’m posting on a message board.