StillerInCT wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:27 pm
zeke5123 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:24 pm
Truly a disaster of a pick. Given how fungible RB is, Najee will need to be a top 3 RB for a few years to make the pick work out value wise.
Even if he is a top 3 RB, then we likely sign him to a big C2 which results in a giant cap hit when he sucks and needs to be cut in C2.
People can like the player but the value proposition at RB just isn’t there.
If he ends up being a top 3 running back, you get 4 years of one at roughly $3.5M per year. Seems like good value to me. Especially if we're going to be transitioning from Ben during that time. This draft is deep, so if we can get the bona fide best player at the position then I think we'll be fine. It's not like RB was a luxury pick either. It fills a big need.
Part of my problem is that we let Conner walk, and he took like 1.7M. So we could have had him and a 1st round pick to try to fix the oline, which really could use 2 blue chippers to stand a chance this season. Once we let Conner walk, it’s kinda felt to me like with our 1st we would have to choose between our running game failing this season because of the blocking and our running game failing because of the lack of talent at RB.
It’s hard for me to put into words how bad a prospect I see Najee as (partly because i’m concerned if i did certain people would try to hurt me), but even pretending he’s a reasonable prospect at #24, the comparison to me isn’t
“Would it make sense to try to upgrade RB given that Benny Snell is currently our starter?”,
The real comparison is “Would you rather have a pro bowl RB AND a 1st round pick offensive lineman, Or just a late 1st round-grade RB prospect?”
Obviously i hope i’m very wrong about this. With a competent running game, i think we would contend for a lombardi this season. If Najee brings that to us, that would solve so many issues with this team.