(10-10-2023, 04:26 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-10-2023, 04:19 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: There is only one Barry Sanders, he's the GOAT.  That's the only RB you would take in the 1st, gotcha.  I'm talking about our starting oline,  yes they are all high draft picks.  Cam and Little were 2nd round picks, Scherff and Harrison were 1st round picks, and Fortner was the 1st pick in the 3rd round.  All high draft picks

Cam Robinson was a 2nd round pick in 2017. 
Brandon Scherff was a 1st round pick in 2015. 

It's been awhile. We obviously didn't like what we were getting out of Robinson at LT if we chose to invest a 2nd round pick just four years later in Walker Little. 

We did invest a 2nd round pick in JaWaan Taylor, who was in fact, replaced by a first round pick. I'll give you that. Your point has some merit. We're still not addressing the positions properly though. 

And I think that's the main point of the topic. Especially since 2021 when they had Lawrence gifted to them in that draft class. We had issues then, just like we had issues last year, just like we have issues now. 

We're not doing enough to get the situation under control. We didn't do enough in last year's draft class nor this year's draft class to potentially shore up the LG and RG issues.

Taylor was another high draft pick. I agree, my point is you don't draft one just to draft one or you pass on better players..  Any position for that matter.  Let the draft come to you.  I think we would of been best off taking Joey Porter in the 1st last year as he was the top guy imo and he has been elite so far.  I'd have taken Torrence in the 2nd and Dawand Jones in the 3rd.  Is Harrison better than Dawand Jones?  If they took a really good TE in the 2nd it would of been a good pick.

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(10-10-2023, 04:27 PM)carp8dm Wrote: ETN isn't a Generational RB.  That's obvious.  I thought he's be Darren Sproles.  He's not even that.

But in terms of RBs, the dude is legit.  And we all understand that RBs are being made to be the Owner's whipping boys.  But man, when you have a good RB, you have a lot of options.  And ETN is more than just good.  Dude is Elite.  He's a top 5 RB with a bottom 10 O-Line.  And he still produces.

I'm not saying that after his contract expires you give him the bag.  But!!!!  If the zeitgeist continues to be that RBs should be let go, we may be able to keep ETN till he's 28 or 29...  And if you're gonna tell me we're gonna have ETN for another 5 years, I think we're gonna be in a good spot for a SB run. 

I loved Robinson as much as anyone else.  But he isn't the caliber of athlete, the caliber of genetic freak, that ETN is.  ETN is genetically superior to most RBs in the NFL.  (Mccafrey, Henry, Taylor, Jacobs)  ETN is the next after those 4.  I thought he was genetically like Darren Sproles. But I was wrong.  He's genetically more like Ladanian Thomlinson.  So if you could get a RB at the caliber of LT?  You make that deal.  And I have a feeling ETN would absolutely accept a contract where he get's paid up front and can eat on incentives for the next 4 years of a renewed contract.  ETN had an injury his first year.  But since then, he's been on the field.  He's a tank.

You don't have to dump a RB like ETN.  He's got a high caliber character.  He clearly loves playing here.  Give him a bag that is comparable to the top 5 RBs of the league with incentives that he likes, and we can keep him for a relatively little amount.  I'd hate to let ETN go after his rookie contract expires.  Pay the dude a conservative contract with a nice bonus and incentives that keeps him hungry.  All that while playing with a team, QB, and HC he loves?  He'd be great till 2029.

Sproles was 5'6" lol

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