(05-09-2021, 02:47 PM)Upper Wrote:

(05-09-2021, 04:40 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:  I also think the days of the so-called bell cow back are gone.  It's a 17 game season now.  Teams need more than one starting quality running back.

You just made the argument for why Etienne was a bad pick. A first rounder on a guy who is unlikely to ever be more than a committee player is just ridiculous. We could have gotten Gainwell or Carter in the 5th and had our part time complement to Jrob and been WAY better off.

Just because a guy is not in the game on every play, that doesn't make him "nothing more than a committee player."  There are lots of positions where players come in and out of games.  Defensive line is the most notable one.  Wide receivers also come in and out of games.  So do a lot of other players.  Running backs often have to come out of games, just to get a rest.  

But I repeat, it's a 17 game season now and that's without any playoff games.  Running backs take a lot of punishment.  I don't want to run James Robinson into the ground before we even manage to finish the regular season.  And I also don't want either Robinson or Etienne, if they have a minor injury, to be forced into a game where they could have sat out, because we don't have an alternative.  

A year from now, you'll be glad we drafted him.

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