Comments on: Grading the top 10 – what position is the safest bet? http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/04/24/grading-the-top-10-%e2%80%93-what-position-is-the-safest-bet/ The National Sports Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John Paulsen http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/04/24/grading-the-top-10-%e2%80%93-what-position-is-the-safest-bet/#comment-118674 John Paulsen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:26:42 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/04/24/grading-the-top-10-%e2%80%93-what-position-is-the-safest-bet/#comment-118674 So when deciding between two positions, one "skill" and one OL, it's better to choose the OL, because it's a safer pick? I'm interested to see how this plays out on Saturday. Over these 10 drafts, 45% were "skill" picks. That means 45% of the picks were QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs...45 picks for four positions (assuming you start a QB, RB, TE and two WR) vs. 55 picks for the other 9 positions (T, G, C, DE, DT, OLB, ILB, CB, S). That's an average of 11.3 picks in the "skill" group vs. 6.1 picks in the "non-skill" group. So when deciding between two positions, one “skill” and one OL, it’s better to choose the OL, because it’s a safer pick? I’m interested to see how this plays out on Saturday.

Over these 10 drafts, 45% were “skill” picks. That means 45% of the picks were QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs…45 picks for four positions (assuming you start a QB, RB, TE and two WR) vs. 55 picks for the other 9 positions (T, G, C, DE, DT, OLB, ILB, CB, S). That’s an average of 11.3 picks in the “skill” group vs. 6.1 picks in the “non-skill” group.

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