What positions we prioritize in the draft: Part 2

[Mikie2times]

 

I did this pre draft and here is the post draft update:

 

I took Fitzgerald-Spielberger average pick value for trade purposes (1st pick is worth 3000, 2nd 2649) all the way to the end of the draft. I then evaluated by position how much each team spent as a % of the total pick value they were allotted since 2018. While not perfect, I'm attempting to get some statistical way to represent what we have spent at each position in draft capitol in relation to other teams. Again, this is as a % of that teams total capitol, so it's looking more for how you spent what you had, not how much did you have.  

 

These are the rankings by position with the heat graph below. 

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mikie2times

[LEBills]

3 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

 

I did this pre draft and here is the post draft update:

 

I took Fitzgerald-Spielberger average pick value for trade purposes (1st pick is worth 3000, 2nd 2649) all the way to the end of the draft. I then evaluated by position how much each team spent as a % of the total pick value they were allotted since 2018. While not perfect, I'm attempting to get some statistical way to represent what we have spent at each position in draft capitol in relation to other teams. 

 

These are the rankings by position with the heat graph below. 

 

 

 

 

Buffalo plus called the D-line Beane’s Waterloo. Either he will figure it out and we will be world champs, or it will be his undoing. 

[Richard Noggin]

BUT DID YOU INCLUDE THE PICKS SPENT ON DIGGS

[Mikie2times]

One trend sort of stands out, allocation to WR/DL/DB as the 3 primary. Look at the leaderboards in that area. 

 

 

 

[Doc Brown]

2 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

BUT DID YOU INCLUDE THE PICKS SPENT ON DIGGS

If they did it would pry be about a 50/50 offense to defense split after this defensive heavy draft.  The fact that our o-line ranks 26th is a testament to the pro scouting department and Aaron Kromer for building a top five offensive line last year.  I wish I could play with the spreadsheet more but the draft capital spent on QB's seems to correlate with your team sucking. 

 

One obvious and not surprising trend is teams with above 10% invested in their QB are Bears, Patriots, Jets, Texans, Cardinals, and Browns.  One playoff team (Texans) and every other team below .500 last year.  Bears whiffed on Justin Fields.  Patriots whiffed on Mac Jones.  Jets whiffed on Zach Wilson.  Cardinals whiffed on the wrong Josh

 

Browns meanwhile managed to somehow let their franchise QB go prematurely (Baker) because they thought it was smart business to give a guy the highest guaranteed contract in NFL history with 23 sexual harassment allegations against him along with a plethora of picks.  They took a 3rd and a 5th round QB in this year's draft despite the 5th rounder being better than the third rounder, signed a QB we all know will be working at The Home Depot in five years in Kenny Picket, and signed up the old WWII veteran Joe Flacco.

Edited 2 hours ago by Doc Brown

[Pete]

So according to that, Buffalo is 26th in terms of draft capital used on WR.  So this substantiates that Buffalo WR are among the worst 20% in NFL