Teams are able to fill roles and gain a better understanding of where their respective rosters sit prior to the draft, which allows them to best devise a strategy to attack those remaining needs.  For example,

NFL draft is here and the New York Jets will be on the clock soon. But when exactly? The first round begins on Thursday at 8 p.m. and will go down in Green Bay. The Jets hold the No. 7 overall selection in Round 1 but that will not happen right at the start of the

The Jets essentially repeated the trick in 1975, when they drafted another interior lineman, Joe Fields, in the 14th round. He went on to play 13 seasons with Gang Green, reaching two Pro Bowls, but Rasmussen gets the nod due to his superior longevity.