(10-02-2021, 03:28 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(10-02-2021, 11:55 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Hold up now.  Etienne was an elite RB prospect.  What if he was the top player on their board even though we already had JRob?  There are like 2 or 3 players I would of took over Etienne but I liked the pick. He was far from a needs pick but was clearly their top guy and he wouldn't of been there at pick 33

I didn't see Etienne as elite, at all. I'm not sure I even saw him as the #2 overall RB from a production standpoint. In fact, I didn't see much difference between Etienne and Kenneth Gainwell, who was taken in round 5. Gainwell ran a 4.42/40, Etienne ran a 4.31/40 both were extremely fast. Etienne had 914 yards rushing and 588 yards receiving in 12 games his last year with Clemson and Kenneth Gainwell had 1459 rushing yards and 610 rushing yards in 14 games, his final year in college before opting out of the 2020 season. Both were extremely productive in college. 

I am a huge believer in NEVER drafting a RB in round 1. Especially when there is almost equal value later in the draft. IMO, Gainwell was equal value and we could've had him much later. We had issues at many, many positions on this team and we could've taken a truly elite player at #25 and gotten equal value at RB with our 5th round pick. What we did, was not very intelligent.