Why draft the rookie if he can? The rookie can’t help him develop. And AO4 is barely dry behind his ears himself so he’s some but not enough use to the rookie’s development. And the rookie can’t develop anyway because he’s on the bench. And none of this helps the team in any way whatsoever. So what is the point in drafting him?

The only “benefit” at all, if we can call it that, is giving the peanut gallery someone to point at and demand be the starter whenever O’Connell stumbles. Of course, when the rookie stumbles we get a couple weeks of “he’s just a rookie,” like we saw with O’C, but they turn on the rookie soon enough, like we see with O’C. And then they move on to blaming the coaches, gm, owner. It’s a lot of fun for the peanut gallery. Doesn’t do much for the team though.