Over the past weekend, I participated in the annual SBNation full mock with “GMs” from the 31 other NFL franchises. Yes, it’s a fanciful exercise, subject to all the pitfalls of any other mock drafts, but I enjoy it because the other individuals tend to be well versed on their team needs and are highly reluctant to engage in trades that would undercut the capacity of their team to add talent in the current year.
I’m constantly impressed with the level of analysis many of the participants put into college player evaluation, which is at the upper edge of what one could reasonably expect from anyone not getting paid professionally to do such work.