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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Because the idea that a RB is a poor positional value pick is a fairly novel one.
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It's novel because the game has changed. This isn't the 70s or 80s anymore. Teams don't win because they have John Riggins or Tony Dorsett or Franco Harris or Larry Csonka or Thurman Thomas. If you can have one of those, then GREAT, but you don't need one to win the SB. Not at all.
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Just because the last few years has shown a dearth of quality high-round RBs doesn't mean that it's not historically easier to get them from there. If you have a chance to get the best RB in the draft, and arguably the best to come out in several years, at 11 - that's not a poor value at all.
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It's easier to get a better anything in the early rounds, historically. Janikowski etc. But that doesn't mean the pick is "worth" it in the larger sense.
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RB is still an incredibly valuable position to fill and fill well.
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No, no it isn't. You're better off building up your passing attack and pass rush attack, in general. Welcome to the new millenium.