Its not dumb luck.
Now is their an element of luck involved? Sure. The Texans tried to draft a good 3rd down back and accidentally got a good back. They still had to scout him and like him more than the other 200 or so guys available at the time. So if anything, I'd call it "smart luck."
By the way, the Patriots drafted Brady on the word of one scout in their organization who liked him. When asked about it, the guy who ran their draft that year said "yeah we're real smart. So smart we passed on him 5 times."
So obviously luck plays a role, but it's not like we crossed our fingers and Steve Slaton appeared. You have to give credit, otherwise you can't blame a team for being unlucky on a bad pick.
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12-11-2008, 12:42 PM
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