Uh oh Joe Mixon

[*Go Cards*]

(04-08-2023, 05:58 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I think it all depends on how you rank your RBs, really. The concept with RB is a little different as they are easier to replace than, say, a QB. For instance, if we try to rank RBs by their efficiency (YPC), you get...

1. Khalil Herbert - 6th round
2. Aaron Jones - 5th round
3. Tony Pollard - 4th round
4. Travis Etienne - 1st round
5. Nick Chubb - 2nd round
6. Rhamondre Stevenson - 4th round
7. Josh Jacobs - 1st round
8. Miles Sanders - 2nd round
9. Tyler Allgeier - 5th round
10. Raheem Mostert - UDFA
    

I would agree that like all other positions, you higher you select, the better your chances are of the guy being good but you can also invest late round picks into RBs and strike gold more often than most other positions, especially if your OL is up to par. 

That kind of makes it difficult for us, doesn't it? Lol.

Agree and am on record so many times as saying that RB's and WR's are the easiest to find in the draft that are NFL ready. 

But would add that you named 7 players that were not on my list, of those you brought to the table, 

they averaged 200 carries a year compared to 276 average of mine listed.  Also mine averaged 9.75 TD's a season compared to 5.7 of the new ones you added. So if we drop one of mine to make it 7 against 7 against yours added, on average it would be 1,292 more carries and 28 more TD's a year.  

So for example  lets take Swift who is #1 on your list compared to Henry who did not make your list

Swift..........99 -542.. yds..5 TD's ..........or
Herbert.....129 -731...yds...4TD's are more valuable to their team than

Henry..... 349 -1,538 yds 13 TD's ........?

Pretty sure Henry was facing stacked boxes all day long with the defenses personnel geared toward stopping the run solely. Plus Herberts team only won 3 games and was never even in the race and certainly he got some easy yards against defenses with big leads that were willing to give up rushing yards to prevent home run balls being thrown. Not saying he is bad by any means but don't think he was more valuable to his team last year than the ones I listed. Maybe next year he will be though.

Anyway really do agree with your analogy mostly and thank you for adding, but don't believe it tells the whole story as mere stats never do.

Enjoy your posts even though you may think I don't. You bring much to the table that is very useful. 

Sorry had to edit missed Swift, oops seen you edited Swift in recently. Now have both your #1 listed in comparison and thinking Swift would bring their average carries below 200 a year too