(02-20-2022, 10:23 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

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

Any position is a dime a dozen if you want people who suck.  If you want a top running back, they aren't.  If you look at the top 10 rushers from last year, below is the breakdown of where they were originally drafted:

1st Round:  2
2nd Round: 5
3rd Round:  2
4th Round:  0
5th Round:  0
6th Round:  1
7th Round:  0
UDFA:  0

In summary, 7 out of the top 10 were drafted in the first two rounds.  9 out of the top 10 were drafted in the first 3 rounds.  You may not need a first rounder, but if you wait until the 4th round or later in the draft, your odds of finding a top running back goes down significantly.

You could also say that the teams that take RB that early are feeding them the ball a lot more than teams that spend later picks on RB. I don't think anyone in this discussion is advocating for us to darft a franchise RB or expect 1300 yards out of a mid-to-late RB (or UDFA, for that matter). Or, how many RB taken in the first or second fail to escalate into the top ten each year?

If we take a guy in the fourth or fifth to share load with the guy who is recovered from a lisfranc injury, or the guy recovering from a torn achilles, I don't really expect either one to break 1k, the darft pick or the RB already on the roster. And if you think any team signs a UDFA and expects that guy to be top ten across the league, well, your GM is delusional.

Look at what NE did last year - took a guy in the 4th, their feature back hit about 900, the rook about 600. I'll take 1500 across two guys every dang season. One gets hurt, the other is still there to take up the slack. That's what I'm gunning for. Not a feature back, not a redefinition of our offensive scheme, just someone who is going to capably handle a share of the workload.

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