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Ranking the Draft Rankings
I pulled the following 10 players, all at caste
positions:
RB Jacob Hester
WR Jordy Nelson
DE Chris Harrington
DT Nick Hayden
LB Dan Connor
LB Jordan Dizon
LB Spencer Larsen
LB Ben Moffitt
S Tom Zbikowski
S Craig Stelz
And I decided to calculate the amount, above or below
the average ranking of the following sources:
nfldraftcountdown
Sporting News
Scout.com
Great Blue North
Draft Daddy
Football's Future
Draft Consensus
nfldraftscout
ESPN Insider
Mel Kiper
About.com
Rivals.com
Pro Football Weekly
draft.com
Mike Mayock
NFL Draft Bible
War Room Report
Walterfootball.com
Finally, I added up the vwhitece from the average
rankings to give a total number that I will use to
rank the sources on their "Caste ness". A -5 meaning
they rank a player #1 where the average is #6.
The Good Guys
-------------
1. Draft Daddy came in first with a total of -12.99.
The only player they came in with a higher rating then
the average was Jacob Hester, and that was because
they were one of two sources (the other being Pro
Football Weekly) who ranks him as a Running back and
not a Fullback. They have given Jordy Nelson (7) and
Tom Zbikowski (1) their highest respective rankings.
2. Scout.com surprisingly came in second with an
excellent total of -10.68. They could have challenged
Draft Daddy for the top spot if they hadn't ranked Tom
Zbikowski as their #6 Strong Safety Prospect. They
get props for being the only source to rate Dan Connor
as the #1 Outside Linebacker when the majority default
him to the Inside.
3. Great Blue North came in third with a total of
-8.83. To their credit they came in under the average
for every player with the exception of Hester where
his #4 FB rating is just .93 over.
4. Football's Future came in fourth at -7.83. This
is somewhat incomplete, as they don't bother to rank
Nelson, Harrington, Hayden or Dizon. However, they do
rate the Whites that they bother with favorably. Only
Tom Zbikowski is rated above the average.
5. Walterfootball.com holds the fifth spot with a
-4.83 ranking. They give Harrington an excellent #10
ranking, and Nelson a respectable #8, but somewhat
balance it out by giving Dizon a poor #14 ranking.
6. ESPN Insider comes in sixth with a -3.83 ranking.
This one surprised me a bit in that I fully expected
them to fall on the other side of zero. They were
especially kind to Ben Moffit, giving him the #5 spot
at ILB.
7. Mike Mayock lands at the seventh spot with a
-3.80. I hesitated to include Mayock and Kiper,
because the sources I am using only go 5 deep at each
position. Only Connor, Dizon and Larsen are included
in this study. Mayock is also the only source to
project Dizon as an Inside Linebacker (which I have
come to understand is a code word for White
Linebacker).
8. Draft.com comes in at the #8 slot with a -1.21
score. They are within 2 points of the average on the
7 players they rank, nothing too extraordinary.
9. Pro Football Weekly comes in at #9 with a -1.15
ranking. They are somewhat of a joke in that they
haven't updated their ranking since October. Only
Hester and Connor make their measly lists, but to
their credit they do rank Hester as a Running Back.
I'm expecting a major update to their site any day
that will give us a true idea of where they stand.
The Bad Guys
------------
10. Mel Kiper only rates two of our 10 prospects,
coming in at 1.78. He is slightly higher on Hester as
a fullback then the average, and lower on Connor as an
ILB.
11. War Room Report comes in next with a 2.36 rating.
They were particularly down on Harrington whom they
see as the 22nd Defensive End prospect.
12. About.com holds down the #12 spot with a 2.72
ranking. About was actually high on Nelson, giving
him a #9 ranking, but didn't care for Harrington,
Dizon, Larsen or Steltz ranking them all noticeably
lower then the norm.
13. nfldraftscout comes in at a disappointing #13
(3.17). I personally like the site for their
thoroughness, but I guess that doesn't stop them from
towing the Caste line. They were high on Harrington
(#12 DE), but low on Dizon (#14 OLB) and Moffitt (#13
ILB).
14. nfldraftcountdown is next at #14 with a 4.17
score. Scott Wright really doesn't care for Jordy
Nelson (#15 WR) and that pushes his score up. He is
also down on Harrington (#19 DE) and Dizon (#12 OLB).
15. NFL Draft Bible earns the #15 ranking at 5.17.
Harrington gets the #21 DE ranking and Nelson the #15
WR, which are both very poor even by caste standards.
To their credit they give DT Nick Hayden his highest
ranking (#11).
16. The Sporting News comes in next as the lesser of
the three evils (9.72). They do give Dizon a very
high #3 ranking at the OLB spot, but they more then
balance that out by ranking Moffitt a pitiful #19 at
the ILB spot.
17. Draft Consensus comes in at #16 buoyed by their
hatred of Jordy Nelson whom they rank as the #18 WR
(Up significantly from the #31 spot he held following
the Senior Bowl). They also particularly don't care
for Hayden (#19 DT) or Zbikowski (#7 SS).
18. No surprise here to the readers of Caste Football,
but taking the top spot as the biggest Caste Whore is
Rivals.com with an astounding 14.91 score. The only
positive I can find is that they are the only source
to rate Zbikowski as a FS* (even if it is a measly
#6). Rivals are particularly down on Nelson (#16 WR),
Harrington (#18 DE), Larsen (#16 ILB) and Steltz (#8
SS).
* Some sources do not differentiate between the two
safety positions, so in these cases I assigned the
player to the position he is most often projected.
I don't intend for this study to be scientific or
anything. I just wanted to get an idea of who stood
where on the issue of White prospects. I tried to
grab 10 players whom I knew would get drafted at caste
positions, omitting Chris Long because he is basically
the consensus #1 DE by all sources (Football's Future
is alone in ranking him #2).
I pulled the following 10 players, all at caste
positions:
RB Jacob Hester
WR Jordy Nelson
DE Chris Harrington
DT Nick Hayden
LB Dan Connor
LB Jordan Dizon
LB Spencer Larsen
LB Ben Moffitt
S Tom Zbikowski
S Craig Stelz
And I decided to calculate the amount, above or below
the average ranking of the following sources:
nfldraftcountdown
Sporting News
Scout.com
Great Blue North
Draft Daddy
Football's Future
Draft Consensus
nfldraftscout
ESPN Insider
Mel Kiper
About.com
Rivals.com
Pro Football Weekly
draft.com
Mike Mayock
NFL Draft Bible
War Room Report
Walterfootball.com
Finally, I added up the vwhitece from the average
rankings to give a total number that I will use to
rank the sources on their "Caste ness". A -5 meaning
they rank a player #1 where the average is #6.
The Good Guys
-------------
1. Draft Daddy came in first with a total of -12.99.
The only player they came in with a higher rating then
the average was Jacob Hester, and that was because
they were one of two sources (the other being Pro
Football Weekly) who ranks him as a Running back and
not a Fullback. They have given Jordy Nelson (7) and
Tom Zbikowski (1) their highest respective rankings.
2. Scout.com surprisingly came in second with an
excellent total of -10.68. They could have challenged
Draft Daddy for the top spot if they hadn't ranked Tom
Zbikowski as their #6 Strong Safety Prospect. They
get props for being the only source to rate Dan Connor
as the #1 Outside Linebacker when the majority default
him to the Inside.
3. Great Blue North came in third with a total of
-8.83. To their credit they came in under the average
for every player with the exception of Hester where
his #4 FB rating is just .93 over.
4. Football's Future came in fourth at -7.83. This
is somewhat incomplete, as they don't bother to rank
Nelson, Harrington, Hayden or Dizon. However, they do
rate the Whites that they bother with favorably. Only
Tom Zbikowski is rated above the average.
5. Walterfootball.com holds the fifth spot with a
-4.83 ranking. They give Harrington an excellent #10
ranking, and Nelson a respectable #8, but somewhat
balance it out by giving Dizon a poor #14 ranking.
6. ESPN Insider comes in sixth with a -3.83 ranking.
This one surprised me a bit in that I fully expected
them to fall on the other side of zero. They were
especially kind to Ben Moffit, giving him the #5 spot
at ILB.
7. Mike Mayock lands at the seventh spot with a
-3.80. I hesitated to include Mayock and Kiper,
because the sources I am using only go 5 deep at each
position. Only Connor, Dizon and Larsen are included
in this study. Mayock is also the only source to
project Dizon as an Inside Linebacker (which I have
come to understand is a code word for White
Linebacker).
8. Draft.com comes in at the #8 slot with a -1.21
score. They are within 2 points of the average on the
7 players they rank, nothing too extraordinary.
9. Pro Football Weekly comes in at #9 with a -1.15
ranking. They are somewhat of a joke in that they
haven't updated their ranking since October. Only
Hester and Connor make their measly lists, but to
their credit they do rank Hester as a Running Back.
I'm expecting a major update to their site any day
that will give us a true idea of where they stand.
The Bad Guys
------------
10. Mel Kiper only rates two of our 10 prospects,
coming in at 1.78. He is slightly higher on Hester as
a fullback then the average, and lower on Connor as an
ILB.
11. War Room Report comes in next with a 2.36 rating.
They were particularly down on Harrington whom they
see as the 22nd Defensive End prospect.
12. About.com holds down the #12 spot with a 2.72
ranking. About was actually high on Nelson, giving
him a #9 ranking, but didn't care for Harrington,
Dizon, Larsen or Steltz ranking them all noticeably
lower then the norm.
13. nfldraftscout comes in at a disappointing #13
(3.17). I personally like the site for their
thoroughness, but I guess that doesn't stop them from
towing the Caste line. They were high on Harrington
(#12 DE), but low on Dizon (#14 OLB) and Moffitt (#13
ILB).
14. nfldraftcountdown is next at #14 with a 4.17
score. Scott Wright really doesn't care for Jordy
Nelson (#15 WR) and that pushes his score up. He is
also down on Harrington (#19 DE) and Dizon (#12 OLB).
15. NFL Draft Bible earns the #15 ranking at 5.17.
Harrington gets the #21 DE ranking and Nelson the #15
WR, which are both very poor even by caste standards.
To their credit they give DT Nick Hayden his highest
ranking (#11).
16. The Sporting News comes in next as the lesser of
the three evils (9.72). They do give Dizon a very
high #3 ranking at the OLB spot, but they more then
balance that out by ranking Moffitt a pitiful #19 at
the ILB spot.
17. Draft Consensus comes in at #16 buoyed by their
hatred of Jordy Nelson whom they rank as the #18 WR
(Up significantly from the #31 spot he held following
the Senior Bowl). They also particularly don't care
for Hayden (#19 DT) or Zbikowski (#7 SS).
18. No surprise here to the readers of Caste Football,
but taking the top spot as the biggest Caste Whore is
Rivals.com with an astounding 14.91 score. The only
positive I can find is that they are the only source
to rate Zbikowski as a FS* (even if it is a measly
#6). Rivals are particularly down on Nelson (#16 WR),
Harrington (#18 DE), Larsen (#16 ILB) and Steltz (#8
SS).
* Some sources do not differentiate between the two
safety positions, so in these cases I assigned the
player to the position he is most often projected.
I don't intend for this study to be scientific or
anything. I just wanted to get an idea of who stood
where on the issue of White prospects. I tried to
grab 10 players whom I knew would get drafted at caste
positions, omitting Chris Long because he is basically
the consensus #1 DE by all sources (Football's Future
is alone in ranking him #2).
