I dont want us drafting Fournette at 4.  Maybe I'll be proven wrong and he'll go down as one of the best RBs of all time.  But I do think just the pure value of a RB isnt worth a top draft pick.  And looking through those highlights of him in the shotgun, you can definitely see him missing holes.  The 2nd play against Alabama he should have cut left and just didnt.  Another example is late in the game against Texas Tech, huge hole to his right but followed the play left instead.  He does have a unique combination of size and speed.  But typically guys like that, and I think Fournette is among them, they dont have the ability to cut side to side.  He doesnt plant his foot and go.  

 

Now I do think there is a place in the NFL for a guy like Fournette.  Big men who run fast are rare.  Get an offensive line that opens up big holes.  Get a lead late.  And then just milk the game away with a guy like Fournette.  And maybe Coughlin sees him the same way he saw Brandon Jacobs.  But I dont think that is worth a first round pick.  If I could get Perine in the 4th or 5th I think Id rather do that.... barring something about Perine I dont know about.  

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