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Drew from Green Bay.

What's going on?

Hey, Ryan.

It's Drew from Green Bay.

And I was just wondering, because there's so much talk about injuries and avoiding them.

And when you should take a risk and all that.

I was curious, and this is probably a really hard question to answer, but is there any data on, like, have teams been better off avoiding picks, especially in, like, the first, you know, day one and day two?

Or, like, you know, to what extent is it really like avoid injuries at all costs and you'll

may go better or will that just end up with such a worst player that you're better off taking

a lot of shots on guys?

I mean, I've always heard that it's better to consider injuries quite a bit, but I've never actually seen any data on it

or any sort of analysis. So I know that might be a lot of work, so you can't do it. That's fine,

but just in case you can, thanks. Bye.

Well, as I dig around into that particular topic, let's just kind of think through it for a second.

I mean, if you think about it, what you're trying to do is maximize the value of your picks.

And in a very basic sense, there's kind of two components.

There's value, but then there's also time. And I say value as opposed to talent because an extremely talented safety does not give you as much as an extremely talented quarterback, which is where positional value comes in.

So if we just look at it as value overall, which takes into account position and everything, the only other equation that matters is time,

which is part of the reason why age comes into it. Now remember, age also correlates to less value,

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