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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Running backs are a dime a dozen.
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Originally Posted by Nightfyre
Running backs also have some of the most volatile levels of production and some of the shortest shelf-lives in the NFL. Coupled with the fact that there are almost always some sleepers deeper in the draft, it doesn't make sense from a value perspective to draft a runningback really anywhere in the top 20 in my mind.
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As a general rule, I agree with this line of thinking, but there are some RBs that I think are an exception.
Jim Brown, OJ Simpson, Earl Campbell, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and Marshall Faulk come to mind.
Trent Richardson brings Earl Campell to mind when I watch him play, and if we are drafting at 14 or 15, if he's there, highly improbable, I'd be hard pressed to pass on him in the draft.
Clearly QB is the priority for this team, and for any team that doesn't have one.
But if there isn't a first round QB on the board, Trent Richardson should be a very strong consideration.
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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale
I watched the packers last season.
Rogers got his face bashed in and overcame it. HE took loads of hits.
I've seen Montana get sacked 7 times in a half.
Shut up.
Good QB's take hits too. They're not immune. Not all guys move and throw quick like Drew Brees and not all are damn near immune to injury like Favre and Big ben. You don't let 300 pound men have a free shot at your most important player as often as possible just to prove how Barry Richardson is good enough. He's a liability and that's ESPECIALLY true if the QB is of value to the team.
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The argument isn't that we shouldn't make protection a priority.
It is that QB is THE priority.
There's no question we have work to do on the O-Line, but you should never make fixing the O-Line a bigger priority than finding a QB.