12-29-2017, 01:18 AM
(12-29-2017, 01:03 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:No, I disagree, the stats clearly show that higher draft picks - on average - have significantly longer - and better - careers than the lower/rookie picks...
most of those blokes have already shown they can cut it at AFL senior level and have an influence - they're not exactly Nick Graham types!
You're right about the 1st rounders, but I still think expecting half of them to play 100 or more games in unrealistic.
One of the differences between you and I is that you seem to come to conclusions about players much quicker than me. I would need to see at least 1 more season of the guys from previous drafts to see if they can endure. Plenty of players have flash-in-the-pan good games. Doing that consistently, year in year out, is much harder.