Quote:Thats where the value part comes to in. We could have Fournette above lets say Thomas in terms of grades. But we could also see that there is going to be several running back prospects we really like hanging around the 3rd or 4th where as very few dline men around at that spot who are as good as Thomas. 

 

Though as I said I can totally see the appeal of Fournette, its pretty hard to skip a guy that talented, it just so happens the value for running backs isn't there anymore.

True, I can see the argument that way.

 

Needs are also a pretty big factor though.  I'd argue that RB and SS (Adams of course) are bigger needs than an edge rusher since we have Yannick, Malik, and Fowler and we're hoping the latter takes it up a notch this year.  That's not to say that we don't need another edge rusher, just that those other two positions are bigger needs IMO.

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