Top 10 Paid RBs Status Check After 2 Weeks

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(09-23-2020, 09:19 AM)CorpusChristiBengal Wrote: I think Zeke could produce behind a crap OL, not as well of course but not be as shockingly terrible as Lev Bell is. A lot of the RBs that are very popular right now like Derrick Henry are complete products of the blocking in front of them. Some just flash more than others.

RBs are an interesting case to pay, especially when a lot of the championship winning teams simply did RB by committee. And not to mention every once in a while an UDFA is better than a lot of highly paid, highly vaunted prospect.
 
In my layman opinion, I think that paying one is fine if more important positions are on rookie contracts, there is a contract clause for injury and they are also part of the passing attack like CMC. What Mixon did the last two years behind our garbage OL is even more impressive. Hell, even though he hasn't been amazing he still is a top 10 running back in yards so far this year.

And yeah, RBs tend to have issues once they get out of the NFL. The most recent one I can think of is CJ2K looking good for some violence.

Yeah, McCaffrey is one of the few big RB contracts that while I didn't love, I didn't hate either. Mostly since he can always be moved to being a 100 catch/1,000 yard receiver if he loses a step as a RB. WR seems much kinder to aging/declining skills/rebound from injuries than RB is.

He isn't. Mixon is tied for 21st in rushing yards among RBs. That's despite being tied for 6th in carries. Out of the 30 RBs with at least 20 carries so far this year, the only one Mixon has a higher YPC than is 37-year-old Frank Gore who he is beating by 0.06 YPC.