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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Which is why you draft them and play them until their rookie contracts. The teams that overpay RB's in free agency are the losers. Raiders got a top RB without having to pay him top dollar. I can tell you without Jacobs the Raiders have at least three less wins this season. That means a lot more than an elite kicker making one extra FG every 15 opportunities than an average one.
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If Jacobs alone is worth at least 3 extra wins he belongs in the MVP conversation. But we all know he's not worth 3 extra wins, and that of course sells your OLine woefully short. I mean Jacobs had over 200 yards this season in the two games against the Chiefs on 6+YPC, and they lost those two games by a combined 49 points. Yeah it's better to get a running back on the cheap than overpaying in free agency, but even an elite running back on his rookie deal is worth somewhere in the area of 99.9% less than an elite QB on his rookie deal. Running backs just don't matter in this league, and any team who thinks they need an elite one to win hasn't been paying attention the last 20 years.