(11-07-2022, 01:11 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-07-2022, 01:03 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: On a team like this one a late 1st round pick is better spent on other positions than a running back.

All other things being equal, maybe you're right.  But you have to assess the relative talent of the players available at that pick.  You don't pass up Travis Etienne just because he's a running back.  Would you pass up Barry Sanders?  Or Fred Taylor?  Or Christian McCaffrey?  Sure, an elite WR would probably trump an elite RB.  But elite WRs go top-10, not 25th.  When you get to the 25th pick in the draft, and Travis Etienne is still on the board, for God's sake, you take him.

And then again, you say, "On a team like this one a late 1st round pick is better spent on other positions than a running back."  Well, judging from the last 6 games, not really.  Judging from the last 6 games, this particular RB was the right pick.

This isn't the 80s or the 90s any more. And yes, not only would I pass on CMC, every team in the first round in 2017 did too. I would not have taken ETN if I were the Jags, I might have if I was KC or the Packers or the Rams because those teams are where they need to be for the back to make a difference. With ETN this team is 1 and 5 in the last 6 games so whatever judgement you're using it's still accurate to say that a running back playing great football doesn't change the fortunes of a franchise. RBs are complementary pieces not foundational ones and this team STILL needs foundational players.

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