Comments on: Age and the NFL Draft http://www.footballperspective.com/age-and-the-nfl-draft/ NFL History and Stats Wed, 18 May 2022 14:11:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: How the Browns Value NFL Draft Prospects: Part I - Mesh Point Scouting http://www.footballperspective.com/age-and-the-nfl-draft/#comment-342033 Wed, 18 May 2022 14:11:46 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=19861#comment-342033 […] old they’ll be when they sign their second contract, etc. However, the real reason is that younger prospects overperform their draft slots on […]

]]> By: icdogg http://www.footballperspective.com/age-and-the-nfl-draft/#comment-121352 Mon, 26 May 2014 18:40:46 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=19861#comment-121352 Better players are more likely to make themselves available for the draft when they are younger, so of course you are going to get that relationship.

If you have a high draft pick and you’re drafting for the top players with the most upside, you are usually going to draft one of the younger players. Chip didn’t have one of those top picks, so he wants guys who have experience playing in the same kind of roles that he is going to have them play in. He wants, for example, a 3-4 defensive end who has actually played 3-4 defensive end, so they are more ready from the start.

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