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Would you take him, given that he's recovering from knee surgery? He looks potentially like Fred Taylor 2.0. Just my opinion.

Yep. I doubt he'll be available though.

Absolutely I would draft him.

This is what is called a "No-Brainer."

Yes. Without a doubt.

What if there were a "college forum" for draft related threads?   

 

 

J/K  :teehee:  With the draft only a month away --  it's kind-of a grey area anyway. 

 

 

It would be very hard to be upset about Gurley at 36 even though I'd prefer they wait till the 3rd or 4th round to take a RB. 

I would love to have the likes of Gurley in the backfield but I believe he'll be somebody's 1st round pick and not available when we pick in the 2nd.

Quote:I would love to have the likes of Gurley in the backfield but I believe he'll be somebody's 1st round pick and not available when we pick in the 2nd.

Probably true, but I believe that no running back has been chosen in the first round for the last two drafts, and Gurley suffered an ACL injury late in 2014, which could cause him to drop into round two.

I'd be fine with, drafting Gurley. He probably will be gone by then. Maybe his injuries will scare other teams into, dropping their attractive to him?

if you asked me this before the ACL id say absolutely without a doubt run to the podium..... but now id be cautious. 

 

the talent is there. is he injury prone or just been unlucky?

I wouldnt be upset if we drafted him but I'm also not totally against it either. If he does end up being a superstar of course I'll be happy :-p But my mind just keeps thinking about repeating injuries.

Based on a lot of projections I have seen, most good running backs are expected to be gone by the end of round 3, so I would absolutely take Gurley at 36 if he is there because by round 3 when we pick a lot of the better options may be picked over.

Quote:if you asked me this before the ACL id say absolutely without a doubt run to the podium..... but now id be cautious.


the talent is there. is he injury prone or just been unlucky?

Definitely unlucky. The entire situation was unlucky. It was his first game back from suspension for starters. He was still playing late in a game where UGA is already up 20 points with five minutes left in the 4th quarter. The run where he got hurt was your average basic run and was hardly tackled. I felt bad for him watching the game live as it happened.

I would expect the guys on the phone to tear their ACL running to the podium to draft him.  lol

I would have thought more highly of Gurley if Nick Chubb didn't come in and actually have just as much, if not more, success.

Quote:I would have thought more highly of Gurley if Nick Chubb didn't come in and actually have just as much, if not more, success.

I agree that has made me think less of Girley

Or maybe Chubb is the next big thing? It's possible. I mean top programs do get high quality recruits. Before the expected comments, I get the main point of the comments, just pointing out the potential for the opposite.

Quote:if you asked me this before the ACL id say absolutely without a doubt run to the podium..... but now id be cautious.


the talent is there. is he injury prone or just been unlucky?

Before his ACL we'd have had to use our 1st pick to have a chance at him.

No thanks. There are a bunch of other guys I'd rather have than him with that pick.

Only if we could get that lucky