(02-20-2022, 11:43 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-20-2022, 11:33 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Understood completely, and I had no intent to suggest otherwise.  But right now, he is recovering from a late season achilles tear.

Achilles' tears are notoriously difficult to return from, especially for a RB.  He suffered that injury against New England, IIRC, which was the next to last game of the season.  Will he be back in time for the start of the regular season?

But even putting that aside, having an UDFA as a quality starting RB is an aberration.  You can not reliably and consistently depend on that result from UDFA,.

The biggest asset to any RB is a good O-Line. If we maintain the OT positions by franchising Cam and having him compete with Little for the LT position with the loser moving to RT and Taylor getting cut, we could use free agency and the draft to upgrade the interior O-Line. Then I believe we could get away with having a really good UDFA as a starting RB until Etienne or Robinson are ready to play. This draft is absolutely loaded with really good RB's. Twice as many as will be drafted. There will be very, very good runners who will be waiting for calls from NFL teams after the draft has concluded. Teams are placing less emphasis on the RB position. Combine that with the sheer numbers of good college RB's who enter the draft early and you have a logjam of talent at a position that is already saturated with good players.