I've been thinking about this the last few weeks. Wanted to know how people approach draft value/talent level stuff. For instance, do you believe that there should only be 30 or so 1st round grades because that is how many spots there are or should it be a draft class by draft class evaluation?
Here is what I am thinking. Many sites will say that "Player X is the 55th ranked prospect in this year's class making him solid value in the later portions of the second round or early in the third." At first this statement seems totally straightforward and logical. But the more I think about it, the more I think it is totally meaningless BS.
What if the 2018 draft class is just a terrible class (even before they play in the NFL) and there are just only like 14 kids that in other classes would even be considered as "1st round" guys. Do we just tag like 2 dozen other guys with a first round grade to make the numbers work? What about the reverse? What if Player X is a phenomenal player in a loaded draft class...and any other year he would go in the top 35? How does that kid grade out now?
I'm wondering if the idea might be to evaluate the talent and not put a round "value" on it? Maybe the talent is the constant, and the round is the variable from class to class? For instance either a OT can move his feet well enough to protect the edge in the NFL or he can't. On year there are 6 kids that can do that. On year there are 3. The talent is the same, but the value changes...?
Or I'm all wet and I have just thought about this a bit too much! To be fair, this line of thinking is not original to me nor totally my own. Just some thoughts I have pulled together over the last few drafts based on things I have seen and read. Interested in how others feel about it.