(02-20-2022, 08:32 PM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(02-20-2022, 07:29 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Sure, you get a quality running back, maybe. And those you named have how many championships between them? The difference between a great running back and a serviceable running back in the NFL is negligible and rarely does the running back make a difference in winning a championship. Just look at the last two Super Bowl winners, Tampa and the Rams had backs that they drafted high (Jones, Akers) that were supplanted by guys that were either claimed off the street or traded for late round picks. This isn't the '60s or even the '90s anymore, running backs are almost fungible commodities in the modern game.

This may go against the grain of the board.  But for this year, I'm not team building with an eye on the championship.  I want to reach respectability. I want to be competitive in the division.  So I'm comfortable upgrading from hot garbage to competent pros. (James and Travis are NOT hot garbage.  Carlos Freaking Hyde, oth...) And, btw, both SB teams had good RBs.  Let's not throw out the baby with the bath water. RBs are not a dime a dozen.  Ketchman is a gasbag.

Ketchman didn't invent that colloquialism. And for the record this year's SB teams had Akers a 2nd rounder who was supplanted by a guy they gave up a pair of 6th rounders to acquire and the Bengals' Mixon who had a 1,200 yard season (not bad but not great either) neither of which are as good as the three guys named who haven't even made a Super Bowl.

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