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Originally Posted by O.city
Running backs are easily found and easily replaced. Don’t draft them in the first round
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If they're so easy to find, why the did the Chiefs running game suck ass in 2019?
If they're so easy to find, why did the Chiefs need to draft a running back in the first round this year?
If they're so easy to find, why does any team bother paying their running back after their contracts expire?
This is a really dopey narrative that's just spun out of control on Chiefsplanet. Sure, teams can hit on guys in the 2nd and 3rd rounds but there's generally a reason as to why running backs that are drafted from the 4th-7th generally don't do dick in the NFL.
And while there have been a few undrafted guys that will play well for a year or two, the reason why they went undrafted usually rears its ugly head sooner rather than later.
This is almost as bad as you saying that if Mahomes needed to sit for year, you wouldn't spend anything more than a 3rd rounder on him.