(11-07-2022, 02:15 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-07-2022, 02:01 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: 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.

The bolded part is not correct.  CMC was picked 8th overall.  

And yes, with ETN this team is 1-5 in the last 6 games, but we're also 1-5 with every other player on the team.  So that means nothing.

Zeke Elliot was the 4th overall pick in 2016 and Leonard Fournette also went just ahead of CMC with us in that same draft. All three of those guys virtually have or continue to contribute at a relatively high level. 

Etienne was worth the pick. I don't have a problem with it at all. I wish he was actually used more in the passing game. If he put up Alvin Kamara type numbers nobody would care we didn't land a top flight WR at the end of the 1st RD on the opening night.

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