Posted by MikeT23 on 5/28/2015 3:23:00 PM (view original):
Posted by mchales_army on 5/28/2015 2:20:00 PM (view original):
I think it is an AWESOME update.
Way more likely that good solid players drop.
A guy spending 20M while several others play the 0 scouting game could realistically equate to said owner getting very solid BL players as late as 3rd 4th or even later rounds.
To expand on this, you no longer know what the owners picking in front of you are spending. You'll probably want to spend a little more time evaluating/ranking potential players. If I was picking 25th, with 14m in HS/0 in college, I'd check to see what the teams picking in front of me had in scouting. I'd run the prospects thru my formula, rank them that way and, as always, re-order a few. I took no time re-ordering the top 5 HS players, assuming 10 teams before me had adequate scouting, because I knew they weren't dropping to me. Now I won't know who has what so I need to be more precise.
Especially if some owners actually decide to go the "punt development altogether" route.
The more that happens the higher the chances that a diligent owner with decent scouting budgets can get some serious depth out of a single draft. Especially those seasons when the draft class is fairly deep.
The only thing is no one will ever know how many owners are actually punting.
Also, you may no longer use the "go against the grain" method in choosing HS or College, because you won't know.
Overall the more thought I put in to strategies the more I really really like the move and think it will make the game so much better and so much more challenging.