(09-28-2019, 08:35 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'd never draft a back in the first round, ever.

3rd-5th rounds yield great backs all the time.  Stock up on those guys till you have a full stable.
Tony Pollard is a good recent example and several of us were touting him pre-draft as an option.

For me it's all situational. I wouldn't be in favor of taking a RB in the top ten - twenty. But if this team was set at QB, WR, TE and there were no holes along the line or glaring needs on defense and you clearly and I do mean CLEARLY lack an impact player at the RB position? It wouldn't hurt dropping a late 1st RD pick on that position. 

It worked out for the Panthers with DeAngelo Williams. It worked out for New Orleans with Mark Ingram. And it's looking to be working out so far with the Patriots with Sony Michel. But it was obvious we're not as good as those teams were at that time. Seems like this damn team always needs something somewhere else.

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