Value of Things: Rating the drafts

This will probably end up being a series of posts because there is more than one way to rate your general manager’s drafting. In this edition, we are looking only at the Texans drafts. Nick Caserio has five drafts in the books, so it seems like a perfect opportunity to look back.

We will look at these drafts through two prisms. The first will be cold and hard numbers. That’s the way I like best.

It removes our own emotions from the situation. Obviously, we will also look at the number of starters and contributors each draft has produced as well. Let’s start with the data.

Pro Football Reference has a state they call WAV (Weighted Career Approximate Value). In this stat, they give every player a certain amount of points for being regular contributors, starters, Pro Bowl performers, and of course later Hall of Fame performers. A ten year starter that attended several Pro Bowls might be worth as much as 100 points.