Best player available but passed for RB depth strategy
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Jayden Daniels was evaluated as the best player available on the board at the draft point but was passed over due to draft room strategy favoring running back depth. The source notes 'Jayden Daniels. He definitely was the best player on the board' but the team prioritized running back scarcity over the quarterback position, deferring to later rounds when Josh Allen went in the fourth round and Lamar Jackson fell to the seventh round.
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Jayden Daniels. He definitely was the best player on the board... Part of the reason John I wanted to push quarterback is you got to feel the room. Josh Allen goes in the fourth round in this draft. Lamar Jackson gets pushed all the way into the seventh round.
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- Jayden Daniels was evaluated as the best player available on the board at the draft point but was passed over due to draft room strategy favoring running back depth. The source notes 'Jayden Daniels. He definitely was the best player on the board' but the team prioritized running back scarcity over the quarterback position, deferring to later rounds when Josh Allen went in the fourth round and Lamar Jackson fell to the seventh round.
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