Jeremy Hill ranked #5 RB in the NFL

[CJD]

So I should clarify, I read the full article and, while he didn't state it specifically as a reason for the rankings, he said this:

Quote:So despite the fact that Peterson is now 30 and coming off a year in which he played just one game, he'd be the running back I'd choose to build an offense around over the next three seasons.

So he's obviously ranking these guys based on who he'd want to build an offense around.

That's why some of those guys are a little low. Because he isn't just considering them for this year, but the next 3 years and beyond.

When you insert that sentence into the context of the rankings, they begin to make a lot more sense.

Although I agree Gurley being that high makes no sense. Here is the reasoning he gave in his article:

Quote:7. Todd Gurley, St. Louis Rams: Gurley hasn't taken a single snap in the NFL and continues to recover from a torn ACL suffered during his final college season, but in a recent interview on NFL Insiders, Rams coach Jeff Fisher noted that Gurley had a rare lower half. Gurley has virtually no holes in his game -- he's a power player with explosive skills, vision and burst. The fact that he went 10th overall to a team that has another promising young runner (Tre Mason) shows just how Gurley was perceived during the pre-draft process.

So take that for what it is. Putting a rookie with no NFL snaps in the top 10 is still absurd, but at least his reasoning is beyond "he was a high pick, so he's obviously awesome." We'll see if Gurley works out.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/13043404/adrian-peterson-leads-ranking-top-10-running-backs-nfl