You should examine the effect that bar angle has on your ability to reach the brakes when in the drops. Angling the bar (hoods) up makes it harder to reach the brakes from the drops. Angling the bar down puts the hoods too far away both in reach and drop. I find there is only a very small sweet spot where I like the reach to the hoods and can comfortably reach the brake levers in the drops. I go through various iterations of setting the bar angle until I find that spot.

Robert