Ezekiel Elliott
Todd Gurley
Melvin Gordon
Trent Richardson
Doug Martin
David Wilson
Mark Ingram
C.J. Spiller
Ryan Mathews
Jahvid Best
Knowshon Moreno
Donald Brown
Beanie Wells
Darren McFadden
Jonathan Stewart
Felix Jones
Rashard Mendenhall
Chris Johnson
Outside of Zeke's great rookie season, were any of these guys really worth taking in the 1st round? Have any of these guys really had great 1st round worthy careers?
Here are some guys taken in the 2nd and 3rd round in the last 10 years...
Leveon Bell
David Johnson
LeSean Mccoy
Demarco Murray
Stevan Ridley
Shane Vereen
Jamaal Charles
Ray Rice
Matt Forte
Eddie Lacy
Gio Bernard
Carlos Hyde
Jeremy Hill
Duke Johnson
TJ Yeldon
Tevin Coleman
It makes total sense that teams would pass on taking RBs in the 1st round when history indicates that drafting RBs is almost a total crapshoot while other positions are much more predictable. I mean look at these lists. Are the 1st rounders really better than the 2nd and 3rd rounders? I would say definitely not. And this doesn't even include this year's Super Bowl RB's Devonta Freeman and James White who fell all the way to the 4th round.
Dalvin is going to be just fine.
Todd Gurley
Melvin Gordon
Trent Richardson
Doug Martin
David Wilson
Mark Ingram
C.J. Spiller
Ryan Mathews
Jahvid Best
Knowshon Moreno
Donald Brown
Beanie Wells
Darren McFadden
Jonathan Stewart
Felix Jones
Rashard Mendenhall
Chris Johnson
Outside of Zeke's great rookie season, were any of these guys really worth taking in the 1st round? Have any of these guys really had great 1st round worthy careers?
Here are some guys taken in the 2nd and 3rd round in the last 10 years...
Leveon Bell
David Johnson
LeSean Mccoy
Demarco Murray
Stevan Ridley
Shane Vereen
Jamaal Charles
Ray Rice
Matt Forte
Eddie Lacy
Gio Bernard
Carlos Hyde
Jeremy Hill
Duke Johnson
TJ Yeldon
Tevin Coleman
It makes total sense that teams would pass on taking RBs in the 1st round when history indicates that drafting RBs is almost a total crapshoot while other positions are much more predictable. I mean look at these lists. Are the 1st rounders really better than the 2nd and 3rd rounders? I would say definitely not. And this doesn't even include this year's Super Bowl RB's Devonta Freeman and James White who fell all the way to the 4th round.
Dalvin is going to be just fine.
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