Hankmoody
Footballguy
Follow-up to a comment made a couple of weeks ago about short-term 2016 RB's. I noticed something in the draft this year - a whole bunch of teams that would have been great situations for a rookie RB to come in ignored the position until day 3 of the draft. Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, NYG, and Philly all waited until the 4th round to draft RB. Seattle took a converted WR in the 3rd (who's now taking WR reps in camp - maybe a Randall Cobb role?) and a pounder in the 5th. Carolina and Indy have glaring needs for talent/depth/succession planning and drafted none (UDFA maybe?).
Someone (EBF?) commented a couple of weeks ago something to the effect of "I hope everyone enjoys their 2016 JAG RB's because they are all going to get replace in 2017". That got me excited. What RB can we get cheap this year (2nd, 3rd, later) that will spike because they get a chance (think Javoris Allen) and we can sell hot before they get replaced by a 2017 stud. This happens every year of course, but 2017 seems like a richer year than most because of how top-heavy the draft looks at RB. 12 months ago we were looking at this draft pretty much exactly how it turned out - Zeke, maybe Henry, with an outside chance of Booker, and not much else to get excited about. Now we have 3 hardcore top 5 RB (rookie) and a host of candidates to bolster that. That doesn't even count the guys that might come out of nowhere like Dixon or Tevin Coleman.
Someone (EBF?) commented a couple of weeks ago something to the effect of "I hope everyone enjoys their 2016 JAG RB's because they are all going to get replace in 2017". That got me excited. What RB can we get cheap this year (2nd, 3rd, later) that will spike because they get a chance (think Javoris Allen) and we can sell hot before they get replaced by a 2017 stud. This happens every year of course, but 2017 seems like a richer year than most because of how top-heavy the draft looks at RB. 12 months ago we were looking at this draft pretty much exactly how it turned out - Zeke, maybe Henry, with an outside chance of Booker, and not much else to get excited about. Now we have 3 hardcore top 5 RB (rookie) and a host of candidates to bolster that. That doesn't even count the guys that might come out of nowhere like Dixon or Tevin Coleman.