(02-20-2022, 09:54 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(02-20-2022, 09:37 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Good lord, we have 11 draft picks.  You don't think we can afford to spend one on a running back?

Nope, we have at least 12 positions more difficult to fill for this team including Receiver, Tight End, every line position on both sides of the ball and every LB spot except for Josh Allen's. Running backs are a dime a dozen.

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Again with this Ketchman "dime a dozen" stuff.

Staahhp!

This team spent 3 premium draft picks on RBs since 2015: 

2015 Yeldon in the 2nd round
2017 Fournette in the first round
2021 Etienne in the first round

On top of that, they also drafted Armstead in the 5th round a couple of years back.  Yet despite the whole alleged dime a dozen rationale, we have more uncertainty at the position than we've ever had in our history.

We saw that having a viable running game takes much of the burden off of Trevor Lawrence and can make him more effective.

We've also seen that the three most succesful eras in our team's history were marked by considerable early investment at the RB position

Successful Era 1: 1995-1999
1st round pick James Stewart in 1995
1st round pick Fred Taylor in 1998

Successful era 2: 2003-2007
1998 First round pick Fred Taylor
2006 2nd round pick Maurice Jones Drew

2017-First round pick Leonard Fournette

Why jeopardize that by completely neglecting the position, especially when the investments at the position have not paid off or are in jeopardy of being lost to injury?

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