Quote:I don't understand your argument because it doesn't even remotely resemble reality. The reality is that its rare a RB is even selected in the 1st round, and they are successful nonetheless. And we'll have to disagree on the importance of career totals. Yes that's good to get a guy in the hall of fame, but not that important to a team if the RB accumulated many of those yards with someone else.


As far as picking a RB early, or grabbing the first RB in the draft, well absolutely, if you are that one team that feels you are a running back away from a Superbowl. Sure, get the best guy. Otherwise, value has to play into it somehow.

 

Keep in mind the first round has 32 picks. Is it a reach if a playoff team picks a running back? Not saying we should trade down two or three times, but I think people criticize the idea of picking a running back early because of our pick number. The Saints traded up into the first to pick Mark Ingram at #22 IIRC. Obviously they feared he would not be available later. When you want a player bad enough to do that, does it really matter what position he plays?

 

Of course I don't want the Jaguars to trade up for Melvin Gordon. That would be stupid. But if one of the best 32 players is a running back, I am not going to say a team that needs one should wait two days to pick a less talented guy for the job.

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