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1) they can be had in any round
2) they get beaten like a rented mule
3) they take little time to develop

build a ****ing team an THEN draft a RB

the Giants and Panthers eat **** and invest in a RB who has 2 years on their tread

happy for Drake but...
 
Well drake is still on his rookie deal. I’m never on board for paying a running back. If I ran Dallas Pallard would be my starter and some other sap franchise would have paid Elliot.
 
lbmclean_nocal said:
1) they can be had in any round
2) they get beaten like a rented mule
3) they take little time to develop

build a ****ing team an THEN draft a RB

the Giants and Panthers eat **** and invest in a RB who has 2 years on their tread

happy for Drake but...
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What's worst is the lack of faith for this organization that's had a knack for finding talent at the RB position.
 
Josh Jacobs has been much better for the Raiders than I thought he would be. Yet even still, he isn't moving the needle very much for that offense. The difference between an average RB and a very good RB isn't that great in what they bring to the offense.
 
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Well drake is still on his rookie deal. I’m never on board for paying a running back. If I ran Dallas Pallard would be my starter and some other sap franchise would have paid Elliot.
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You also think getting an extra 1st, 2nd, saving millions and drafting a players replace(LT) with a top 5 pick is a bad deal.
 
lbmclean_nocal said:
1) they can be had in any round
2) they get beaten like a rented mule
3) they take little time to develop

build a ****ing team an THEN draft a RB

the Giants and Panthers eat **** and invest in a RB who has 2 years on their tread

happy for Drake but...
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Agreed. I never want a RB in the first round. They don’t win SBs for you. Can be had in the third and fourth rounds. Not only that, I abuse them and don’t resign them after their first contract. I keep drafting them every three years and use and abuse them
 
I actually had NO idea that Ryan Fitzpatrick was our leading rusher this year. This just stuns me to no end.

1 Ryan Fitzpatrick 228
2 Mark Walton 201
3 Kenyon Drake 174
4 Patrick Laird 147
5 Kallen Ballage 135
6 Myles Gaskin 133
7 Albert Wilson 45
8 Josh Rosen 13

That's 1,076. At least we cracked a 1,000 yard rushing season. Takes us quite a few players to get there, but hey! LOL!
 
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Signing or drafting a running back to a large deal is just a poor move no matter what. Bell, Gordon, Barkley, Jacobs, Elliot, CMAC are all guys that can play at a high level. But they never push the needle to make any team great. I would like to have those guys but at large deals it just ain't worth it
 
Elliott 7-8
McCaffery. 5-10
Gordon 5-10
Bell 6-9
Fournette 5-10
Chubb 6-9
Barkley 4-11
Freeman 6-9
Gurley 8-7
Jacobs 8-7
Mixon 1-14
 
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I agree that you don't need to spend big bucks on a RB, but Miami's problem has been the o-line! Under both Philbin and Gase, they preferred linemen who were basically the opposite of what you need for a strong running game.
 
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