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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
No question.
Having a guy who considers himself some kind of talent 'guru' is how Scott Pioli's happen.
A collaborative approach to the scouting department is absolutely essential. Nobody has the time to watch EVERYONE and frankly very few people have the raw expertise to truly understand what they're seeing.
Gotta have a department you trust. Veach certainly deserves credit for surrounding himself with smart people, but those smart people deserve more credit than "ANOTHER VEACH SUCCESS STORY!!" as well...
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I think that Veach and our scouts work so well together because because they all have the same definition of good, very good, great, and elite, when it comes to grading players at each position.
Veach has made what he is looking for in a player, at every position, clear to the scouts. And because they all understand the definition of good, very good, great, and elite, for each position, Veach doesn't have to spend so much time evaluating the evaluation that the scouts compiled for all the players.
And I think Veach keeps notes on every player, and is always checking his list against practice squads and the waiver wire. This practice is what made it possible for us to snag Butker from the Panthers practice squad. He and Toub, and the scouts, had Butker tagged as the number 1 placekicker coming out of college.
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