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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 1036412" data-attributes="member: 10247">Is anyone held accountable for anything any more?  I have no issues with revisiting draft grades 1 or 2 or 3 years later but honestly how many people do that.  Very few would be my guess and I would also guess very few would give out the same grades they did post draft.  I doubt many would give Love less than a B right now.As far as draft grades involving how a player performs long term that simply isn't possible.  All they have is the information they have and a guess as to how the player will perform and to be honest I think if they place too much emphasis on that guess it ruins the grade.I look at post draft grades like this.  Was the player a need and if not was he such a value at that point where need could be overlooked (Aaron Rodgers although one could argue that with Favre's waffling it was a need)  Was the players college performance such that it justified his draft position and if not were there extenuating circumstances (injury, new system etc) and finally was the player equal to or at least close to other players available at the time that also fit the criteria.  I personally don't put much stock in what a player is expected to do once they start playing.  That part of the evaluation should be left for 1 or 2 or 3 years down the road.</blockquote>

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