Draft for Need vs. BPA

The old dictum of drafting BPA over need probably still holds for Jax, jets, raids,maybe philly, and Cleveland. But in a team so close to SB ready, drafting BPA seems to be fine as long as it is in a position of need. And that is pretty much what they did.Sometimes the lines just intersect, but in this draft we drafted BPA of our need on virtually every pick. Drafting purely BPA is probably ok for a team like the jets, jags, raids, and the St Louis offense. Also, i think for some time now, BPA is not a strict dictum, and truly is BPA based upon need, as long as the team is not in total rebuild format.

From what Baalke has said, this draft was pretty flat when it came to BPA, so that resulted on them focusing more on need.