If I were in charge of an NSFL franchise (and who knows, maybe one day that will happen) the feeling I’d get on draft day would be a hybrid combination of Christmas morning as a kid and a general watching his troops battle through the fog of war. The GMs (especially the 2 expansion teams) get the chance not only to selected talented prospects, but to build a culture and lay a foundation for their team in the season ahead. At this early point of the league’s history, you’d have to believe that General Managers will be going for the best prospect available regardless of depth of openings at each position. While some GMs will hesitate to draft a position where they already have users, my philosophy would be to draft talent regardless of position because you simply never know when a player may go inactive. If you have a chance to draft an active user (see: Kevin Cushing and C.A. Chess) you should hop on that opportunity, because while it’s fun to discuss builds and GMs have loyalties to some of their players the simple fact is nothing is a suitable replacement for hard work. The war rooms will be bustling, and while the GMs likely have a plan for what they’d like to do some team WILL make a shock choice in the early rounds, causing the entire draft to re-calibrate -- and it is in that moment is where the average GMs get separated from the legendary ones.
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