XxBallMeBlazerxX wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:13 pmBecause of situation you’re saying this running back class takes a hit. Situation should trump talent? You could probably add Green Bay, Atlanta, New Orleans, Philadelphia to that list. Maybe even Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.stoneghost28 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:54 pmNothing is a guarantee, but I can reasonably presume 2020 will be better than this in terms of RB, it will also have greater clarity at the RB position with teams, consider the odd situation league wide in terms of RB since the '15-'18 classes essentially filled the RB starter position for more than 70-75% of the leagues teams. Who actually needs or could need a RB going into the '19 draft, for sure?XxBallMeBlazerxX wrote: ↑Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:38 am I think a lot of people are overlooking this class, especially the rb’s, which is good for the people who bought up picks or plan on buying up picks. Yeah there aren’t many, if any, players we would call elite or get hyped up over but there are a good amount of solid players that have potential to post wr2/rb2 numbers or maybe low end wr1/rb1 numbers in the right system. Some players have their question marks but what prospect doesn’t? Everyone is a risk and if that’s not something you’re comfortable with then you might be better off trading all your draft picks away every year for players in the league already.
If I was looking to trade my picks out of this draft cause I wasn’t sold on it, I would be looking to get players I think are on the rise back in return and I would wait until after the combine to trade and hope an owner gets excited over someone’s measurables. If I had the 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3, I would take the risk and wait until after the draft in hopes that a few of these players landed in what other owners think are favorable spots. I wouldn’t make trading for picks in next year’s draft my main focus because nothing is a guarantee and next year I am willing to bet that people will question whether 2020’s class is actually as good as it was hyped to be. So much could happen (lost starting job, suspended/cut from team, down year, injury, return back to school, etc.) from now until players declare for the 2020 draft.
Buffalo: They seem almost like a lock, but have a lot of needs.
NYJ: They like McGuire
Miami: Who knows? Drake, Ballage? Again, no idea?
Baltimore: They've been getting by with Undrafted Free Agents the past two years, do they move on considering the design of their offense heading into '19?
Houston: Is it Foreman?
Oakland: There isn't a starter on the roster that they can feel confident in.
Denver: Lindsay's hurt, Royce was uneven at best.
Kansas City: They gave whatshisface a two year extension, but will they sit on the position with Ware looking done?
Jacksonville: Really, really irate about the behavior and injury issues of Fournette. Their own fault for insanely over drafting him when they needed a QB. Broke the team with that horrible draft pick.
Tampa Bay: Want to move on past Peyton, can't trust Ronald.
San Francisco: Never really got to see McKinnon in the offense, and Breida can't stay healthy.
Washington: Guice has that infection complication.
One could go on and on, but a ton of teams have their RB position absolutely locked in and of those that don't, most of them either just have ancillary issues and won't place a premium on the position in the offseason, or have enough talent to focus elsewhere, the only teams I'd be shocked to see pass on a RB would probably be Buffalo, Oakland, Miami, Houston, KC, and probably Tampa and that's it, and amongst those teams, the only teams that would excite me would be Houston, and KC.. The rest are bad teams with bad offenses or in Tampa's case, just a mess of problems and a bad OL.
This is not a fun RB landing spot draft like '17 and '18 could've been, and was in some cases. Too many teams solved their RB issues with the past four drafts.
No, it shouldn't, trump talent, but I am also a firm believer that this is a questionable class at best in terms of RB, no where near as good as '15, '17 or '18, though probably not as bad as '16 either.
My point was, when you add the facts that the vast bulk of the RB's did not get an up arrow based on their '18 performance, to the fact that the vast majority of teams in the league have now already addressed their RB positions, you get only a few open squads for these guys to be picked by, and many of these teams suck (I don't think Green Bay is drafting a RB, New Orleans, and Philly might though, I'd cross Indy off that list after they drafted 3 RB's in the past two classes, Atlanta is also an interesting option, Ito is the Coleman replacement, do they move on from Freeman in '19, '20 or '21?) though you do provide a couple of landing spots that look enticing. We'll see, if there's value in the class, it's that nobody has any clue who should be the #1, #2, #3, or #4 RB, and any hard and fast list is going to be prone to a great deal more opportunity for mistakes then say 2017 or 2018, you could easily get the best RB in the '19 class with the fifth or sixth RB off the board, that's the only reason I have any interest in the position this time around.