The NFL draft is not an exact science, which leads to a lot of healthy, and sometimes unhealthy, disagreements about where a player’s talent falls in relation to his peers. Sometimes the disagreement comes from the heartened debate between measureables and talent; however, a lot of times it comes down to evaluators seeing different things on film.

Most people don’t realize that evaluating talents is an extremely subjective adventure. Two people can watch the same play and see totally different things because of their own personal biases toward certain traits. This is one reason why the draft is largely a crapshoot.

Having said that, there are some players that evaluators disagree on more than others. These players will end up making a lot of people look smart and an equal amount of people look stupid.

Randy Gregory, Nebraska

One player who has split the draft community is edge-rusher Randy Gregory. When you watch Gregory’s film at Nebraska you see a player who shows all the traits you want in a premier pass-rusher in the NFL; however, he doesn’t always use them consistently.

One aspect that has caused dissension surrounding Gregory is his size. At 6-foot-5, Gregory weighed in at the NFL Scouting combine at 235 pounds, after reportedly entering combine training at 218 pounds, which caused many to wonder whether Gregory could survive on the edge in the NFL.

However, even if you believe that Gregory played at 218 pounds, it should be even more impressive at how well Gregory produced at Nebraska. He held his own against offensive tackles and double-teams, while also showcases very good speed-to-power while rushing the quarterback.

It will be extremely interesting to see where the polarizing pass-rusher ends up going on draft day and if he ends up realizing he nearly unlimited potential.

Denzel Perryman, Miami

At his best, inside linebacker Denzel Perryman is a laser-guided missile who blows up ball carriers behind the line of scrimmage. At his worst, he isn’t instinctive, which causes him to be late of his spot and get enveloped by opposing blockers.

A large amount of Perryman’s success will depend on who he ends up getting drafted by. If he goes to a team that gives him simple reads and allows him to play downhill, he could become a perennial Pro Bowler. Nevertheless, if he goes to a complex scheme that reads multiple keys and causes him to flip his hips and run in coverage, he will likely be headed to the bench extremely quickly.

Perryman is one of the cases where people on both ends of the spectrum are right about him, but one of them will appear right because he will either go to a team that highlights his strengths or exacerbates his weaknesses.

Jaelen Strong, Arizona State

Does it matter how much separation a wide receiver can create if he consistently can win at the catch point and in the red zone? Whichever way you answered that question will likely be a great indicator whether you like wide receiver Jaelen Strong or not.

Strong is a large receiver (6-foot-2 and 217 pounds) with deceptive speed who uses his 42-inch vertical and 32.5-inch arms to consistently dominate opposing defensive backs at the catch point. In the red zone, Strong has Dez Bryant-esque qualities to physically dominate opposing defenses with his soft hands, strength and leaping ability.

While Strong does win vertically, he struggles to win laterally and in the short-area routes that allow offenses to keep the ball moving. As a route-runner, Strong isn’t very polished as he tends to round his cuts and lacks the explosion to create separation at the top of his routes.

Strong is the type of player who isn’t very sound technically and lacks knowledge of the nuances of playing wide receiver in the NFL, but his physical talents will cause a problem for defenses anyways. Whether Strong can or can’t close the huge gap between his physical talent and technical prowess will likely determine how productive he is in the NFL.

Eric Rowe, Utah

One player who has a huge variance in where he is projected to go in the NFL draft is defensive back Eric Rowe.

A lot of the disagreement about Rowe has to do with where you want to play him. He played safety for the first three years of his collegiate career before switching to cornerback his senior year.

As a cornerback, Rowe projects best a Cover-2 press corner who is active against the run and good in space. The problem with that is it limits his value to the NFL teams because it narrows the amount of teams that would be interested in him at that position.

As a safety, Rowe should be extremely valuable to teams because he can play the deep middle and even move down to the slot and cover tight ends and slot receivers in man coverage. This is extremely valuable because it would allow a team to remain in their base defense against three-wide receiver sets, which allows them to have the personnel adequately defend the run and the pass.