(10-02-2021, 03:43 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(10-02-2021, 03:38 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Difference of opinion. I believe they are extremely similar. A RB is only as good as his offensive line is, at run blocking. That is why you NEVER take one in round 1.

Some teams missed.  Kamara, Cook, Hunt, McCaffrey, Henry etc. aren't worth 1st round picks to you?

No! I would NEVER draft a RB in round 1. A RB is only as good as their O-Line is at run blocking. My opinion on this will NEVER change. Put these guys behind an O-Line of poor run blockers and they wouldn't be the stars that they are. If you have an O-Line of good run blockers, you can find a RB in the mid to late rounds of the draft, even undrafted RB's and make them look good. 

I wouldn't even take Hunt if he was on waivers, because he beats women, but that's a whole different issue.

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(10-02-2021, 03:59 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(10-01-2021, 10:11 AM)wg171 Wrote: Not a big fan of UM but going to give him the season…GM however is another matter. Why would this organization with it’s past drafts hire internally???

Baalke being with the Jaguars for one year (particularly when he wasn't the top person in charge) bothers me less than his record as GM with San Francisco.  The team's records went as follows:

Year 1:  13-3
Year 2:  11-4-1
Year 3:  12-4
Year 4:  8-8
Year 5:  5-11
Year 6:  2-14

Is it hard to see the trend?  The longer he was there, the worst the team got.  One of the reasons I didn't want us to hire Urban Meyer was because no good GM would want the job with Meyer clearly having control.  I wanted the team to go hire the absolute best GM candidate and then let him pick his coach.  This team had a lot of resources this off-season and was primed to make major improvements this year.  With the exception of Lawrence who was a no-brainer, Meyer/Baalke have largely squandered it.

Agree 1000%.

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