(12-20-2018, 12:18 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(12-20-2018, 12:12 PM)Inziladun Wrote: ... Why be bitter than Fournette is not Barkley when we didn't take Fournette over Barkley?

It's not that. 

It's being bitter that the Jags took a RB with a top ten pick who had red flags for injury and an incomplete skill set. 

Barkley just happens to be an example of the very rare RB worthy of being selected that early in the draft.
Fournette is an example of the kind you let someone else overdraft. 

FTR  - I think 27 will be very productive for this team with marginal upgrades to the OC/QB/OL. 
I just don't think he will ever be worth that pick and expect he'll continue to miss meaningful time to injury.

I mean, I agree I didn't like the pick. But I don't think it's fair to label him a bust two years into his career when he had an excellent season behind a good offensive line and had a subpar season behind a really [BLEEP] line. It's important to note, that while I agree Barkley is better than Fournette, the giants also use him differently than we use Fournette. In part, due to skill set, but also because the OC is trying to shield Eli. Every other play is a dump off to Barkley, something we split between multiple backs on our offense. He's really good, but he's also having his stats heavily padded because Odell Beckham and Barkley is literally the only thing going on that offense and Eli can't throw more than 10 yards.

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