(11-10-2022, 12:38 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(11-10-2022, 11:51 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: Would you pass on Fred Taylor at #9 overall to draft Kevin Dyson?

And plug in RB Skip Hicks, who went 8th in the 3rd round in 1998?

Good lord. What are you even talking about?

It's not always about the next WR on the board. It's just about value. Why do you think teams aren't taking RBs very high anymore? You think the Giants would still take Barkley #2? Or that the Jags and Panthers would have still taken Fournette or CMac?

Barkley and CMac are elite but I can assure you that neither team would still select those guys if they had a re-do. And that's because the value of taking a RB in the first round is and always will be bad. You can make up whatever "what if" scenario you want but it likely won't change the conversation. So let's move on. Glad to have ETN and hope he scores Sunday.

You say "it's just about value" and then you say, "the value of taking a RB in the first round is and always will be bad."  

Which is a completely silly notion, because there will be times when there is a RB who has more value than the next player on the board.  You act like there's never going to be a running back who is worth a first round pick, but that is total nonsense.  Travis Etienne is an example.  And it's the 25th pick, for God's sake, not the 5th pick.  Yes, it's about value, and there will be RBs who are valuable enough to take with a first round pick.  Yes, there are positions that are more valuable than RB, but ultimately, you have to factor in the talent level of the players available.  Not just what position they play. 

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