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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I'll bump this post for you.
Each team has their own lists, there is no monolithic universal draft board that each team follows. They have their own lists. I have no idea why this is such a tough idea for some of you.
There is no single one draft board to rule them all, one board to find them, one board to bring them all and in darkness bind them.
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Each team has a list. Over the aggregate of 30 teams, there is a strong correlation between the first 30 players on those lists. If you took those 30 lists and averaged them out, you would have a theoretical list that represented something close to a consensus.
Some people refer to that theoretical list as 'the board'. Some people are pedantic and like to point out there is no actual single board. Of course there is no actual single board. Teams have their own rankings. Nobody disputes that. But rankings far outside that theoretical aggregate board can be recognized as being outliers. The colloquial term for those outliers is 'going off the board.'
It's a useful term. Most people understand what it means. The people who get their panties in a knot about the term seem to be the kind who dislike fans criticizing management, and default to a 'father knows best' approach to being a fan.
Sorry, but people are always going to second guess draft choices - on draft day and afterwards. It's part of the fun of following the whole thing. If you think that fans are too ignorant to express their opinions about the draft, may as well shut down all the draft threads.