(12-27-2021, 01:10 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(12-27-2021, 12:57 PM)Newton Wrote: While I agree that taking a running back in the first round is typically foolish, I don’t know where to start with this flawed logic. Kamara is not a fourth round talent. In fact, he is someone who outperformed his draft position greatly.

So did JRob, but we sought to replace him almost immediately.

The logic is that if Etienne ends up the next Michael Carter or Kenneth Gainwell or Rhamondre Stevenson, you spent a first rounder on fourth-round talent. Kamara is the exception to the rule. How many RB taken in the 20's outperform Taylor, Henry, Cook, or other guys taken in the 40s? Now if you spent a fourth rounder and they play at the same level as Taylor, or Cook, or even Kamara, you've won the value sweepstakes. If you spent a 25 on what other teams are spending a 45, a 70 or 100 on, you've tossed a bunch of value in the terlet.

Like I said, the team will be pressed to get years of production from Etienne solely due to where he was picked (and that's before he was hurt) to offset the lost value.