(11-07-2022, 08:57 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(11-07-2022, 08:47 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Are there still people actually arguing that we should not have drafted Etienne at pick # 25?

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Yes, because he likely won't be here in 7 years and he plays RB lol

Wow, you really do struggle with reading, don't you. Nothing was said about 6 or 7 years, that's your illiteracy talking. 

As for your other comment about the RBs, consider:

Barkley - 1st round pick. Team is 5-11, 4-12, 6-10, and 4-13 since.
Henry - 2nd round pick, probably the exception but shows that the team must entirely commit to power running if the RB is to be worth the cost.
Chubb - 2nd round pick. Team is 7-8, 6-10, 11-5, 8-9 since he got there and, interestingly, his worst output year was his third year which is also their best record year. 
Kamara - 4th round pick who went to play with one of the best QBs in history.
CMC - 11-5 in year one when he caught 80 passes, since then 7-9, 5-11, 5-11, 5-12. Now on his second team after playing just 10 games the past two seasons.
Cook - 2nd round pick. He played 4 games the first year and the team went 13-3. This supports my contention that RBs are a last piece not a building block.

So, in sum, your idea of these players and what they actually are is worlds apart. Running backs overwhelmingly do not have a tremendous impact on the success of their teams and for the most part they are interchangeable when the team around them isn't very good. Spending a 1st on a running back is almost never a good idea as that valuable capital needs to be spent on other more important positions and even if you get a good one he's not going to be around by the time the team is actually good.

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