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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
That's a bit of a hit and miss list. Elliot and Fornette were both top 5 picks whereas Hunt was a third round guy. Todd Gurley was a higher first round pick, and had a really good rookie season, bad sophomore year, but phenominal season last year. Alvin Kamara was a 3rd round pick too, and he was the OROY. So good backs can be had later.
Some of the personnel evaluations that I've seen on Barkley suggest he's the best player to be in the draft in the past 10 years. So from that perspective, passing on that type of talent might just be too much to overlook. Especially since they have the #4 pick too, and I'm not so sure that any one QB has separated himself form the Field.
In the Dallas example you cite above...they took the Superior athlete at 4 as the running back, than waited for the QB later on in a class that didn't necessarily have any one guy standing out as a pick me guy. In the past two years we've seen that a decent enough QB with good pieces around him can produce a winning team.
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Yeah thats my thinking as well. Barkley looks like the best "football player" by a decent margin and one of the best to come along in a decade. Every team who could draft him..should. Deal with the excess or lack of other positions later.
Good point on Hunt, but with Kamara I doubt he has anywhere near the same success without the threat of Ingram there as well...who was 1st rd pick.
I dunno...seems like a no-brainer to me to take SB. Maybe its because i have followed him a bit the last couple years and just thoroughly enjoy the guy. I know his character is likely the best of the entire draft class as well. As mentioned in that USAToday breakdown, he is unquestionably the type of guy who could carry the whole "face of the franchise" thing for Cleveland.
Guys like that are so rare when you see that type of talent, work ethic and off field accomplishments.