(10-17-2017, 02:23 PM)jradMITEX Wrote:

(10-17-2017, 01:00 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote: The fact 2017 was a RB-heavy draft does not by itself make drafting Leonard Fournette a bad decision. Nobody can watch him play this year and honestly believe he is a bust at #4 - which would be the only reason to hate the pick.

I love how everyone is saying let's wait and see for Watson in one breath then declaring Fournette the real deal with the other.  If time is needed for one then so is for the other.  

Fournette can very well still be a bust of a pick , and yes you can definitely knock the pick for the deep group of RB's, as well as the fact that RB is not that important of a position, easier to replace, and short lived and injury prone.   One of the risks of taking Fournette was the injuries, he missed games in college.  His running style will be very punishing to his body, and low and behold he's already hurt his ankle this year just like in college.  It remains to be seen how his body will hold up over the course of a season and if his effectiveness will wane and his body takes punishment.  If RG3 and VY are cautionary tales in the history of QB's there are probably dozens of RB's who had good first few games only to be shut down and injured.  Cadillac Williams comes to mind as one.  

Fournette has had a few super long runs (75 and 90) to his credit, but outside of those he is being contained.  Don't mistake knocking the pick with knocking the player, I just think there were more impactful players available there or trade down options that bring more value to the team.  Especially in the context of a deep group of Rb's.