(05-09-2018, 01:16 PM)Markulous Wrote:

(05-09-2018, 12:46 PM)JackCity Wrote: It's not misleading if you read the second paragraph.  All of the above is a given.    

The reality is there are a ton of backs not drafted in the first round who can put up similar production when given the opportunity. The running game is an opportunity based enterprise. You give a lot of RBs 300+ carries behind a very good run blocking line and they will put up numbers. You don't need a first round back to do it. He'll Yeldon isn't good and he would have put up 1,400 yards from scrimmage behind a bad line his rookie year if he didn't get hurt.

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I get it that you have better odds at hitting on a RB than other positions in later rounds, but that still doesn't mean never to take a RB high.  Plenty of people bust at other positions with high picks and it's impossible to predict which RBs will fall to you in those later rounds.

FWIW, Fournette was a guy I wanted but my dream scenario was taking Solomon Thomas, Adams, or Hooker then getting Mixon in the 2nd round.  I tend to lean towards other positions also (outside RB) in the top 5 picks, but I can't ding them for taking Fournette there.  He was a great prospect and I expect that if he and our line stays healthy, he's going to have a huge year.  It's quite possible they would have went with Foreman, Connor, or Perine as their mid round pick and likely would have been disappointed.  Our offense wouldn't have been as good.