Hhhhmmmm, let’s look at, oh, I don’t know, actual data, and see why in 2020, you shouldn’t draft an RB in the first round of the draft:
https://www.pff.com/news/pro-are-nfl...018-nfl-season
Hey, look, you know what we see? If you take out information about the identity of the running back, IT DOESN”T MATTER. Why? Because the O line is far more important to the running game than the running back.
How about this one: RB performance is not as stable as QB and WR:
https://www.kaggle.com/c/nfl-big-dat...cussion/112044
Yeah, but we need an RB that can CATCH THE BALL, just like Kareem Hunt! Actually, that doesn’t work so well, either:
https://theathletic.com/1143546/2019...ake-any-sense/
Why? Well, maybe because in the NFL today, you THROW to win. You don’t establish the pass with the running game. you don’t need a good play action to sell the pass. No, you throw to win:
https://www.numberfire.com/nfl/news/...be-overdrafted
So, no. I’m not happy. We wasted an opportunity. What are we going to do in 3 or 4 years? Keep him? Try to trade him? We need a CB and we need LBs and we need good OL guys.
You want to improve the running game? Draft an offensive line. A good O line gets you a much better running game and protects your MVP QB.
What a damn waste of a pick.