Andy Janovich

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(03-08-2022, 06:00 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/andy-janovich-will-hit-free-agency-as-browns-decline-to-exercise-his-option/ar-AAUKhLF?ocid=uxbndlbing

He's now a FA. I have always thought that a FB instead of a 4th RB made more sense. The only offensive snaps the Bengals 4th RB took all year was when they blew out the Lions and put in backups, and Week 18 when they sat almost all of their starters.

Don't know what the draft options for FB are this year, but signing Janovich for $1.2m or so might be an alternative to using a 6th/7th round pick.

A FB should definitely help in those short yardage situations and also blocking.

If looking in the draft, I found a RB that might be able to cover that role - Clint Ratkovich from Northern Illinois.
6'1", 231 lbs
He also has the ability to catch passes out of the backfield and uses his size to bulldoze in the run game.
TDN has him listed as a 7th rounder.
He could be a potential quality option to replace Perine, but also used as a FB/H-B (which TDN thinks he could probably do).