I am in need of solid RB’s. Should I try to trade up in this years draft to snag Jeanty? Or should I stick with what I have and draft an RB at the 1.06 Half Ppr 1.5 TEP QB: Stroud, Murray, Penix RB: R. Dowdle, R. Davis, I. Guerendo, E. Wilson, S. Tucker, K. Mitchell WR: MHJ, BTJ, M. Nabers, Odunze, Ladd, A. Mitchell, J. Burton, D. Wicks, D. Douglas, D. Vele TE:J. Smith, K. Pitts, Freiermuth, N. Fant, C. Stover 2025 picks: 1.06, 1.11, 2.05, 3.06, 4.06

thank you You proved my point exactly!! And proved you wrong!! because I didn't say don't trade I said it's not getting done with just the 106 and player

And my point of the whole thing is is that you look at history and you think there's no chance whatsoever that one of these top five running backs in this draft are not a bust Even though in NFL history that would be absolutely unprecedented. But that he should trade away one of those wide receivers to get another pick which is still doing the exact same thing. It's more likely that he could trade away one of those wide receivers for maybe a four or a five but no one if they're rebuilding and they have any sense in their heads would take one of those low end wide receivers on his team not on everyone's team and go I'm going to take that and we're good

This RB class isn’t a typical class. Just like last years WR class wasn’t typical.

Agreed You seem to think that this is some sort of an argument that like it's not. But again we've had two years within recent memory of running back heavy drafts like this It didn't change the landscape It added some good running backs most of them faded into obscurity with one generational guy.

Yes I know That's the 2017 season I was referring to

But 2017 is not 2025 when people don't take running backs early anymore people were still drafting running backs early in 2017 not as early on the regular but still drafting them early

Yeah I mean I wouldn’t say any year in recent memory carried the same promise and pedigree at the RB position as this year does

You just named one 2017. literally 2 years ago Bijan and Gibbs came out

Yes I know, Gibbs was an outlier. People were shocked the lions took him where they did. That class didn’t have near the hype as this years

In 2017 there were even higher touted running backs. and more of them Then this season.

2017 is the most recent that compares

Gibbs was not an outlier everyone had him projected at the one of the first picks in the second round because again the NFL has devalued running backs. The Lions went we're going to take the best player available and take the position of need as well. I could say they made the right decision

Yeah but you just said there is no running back class in recent history that has ever compared to this one and that's clearly not true

Obviously in hindsight they made the right decision. We arnt post draft yet, the perception then was they drafted Gibbs very very early to where he was projected

But that's the whole point In your opinion they drafted him early not the NFL's opinion. Not other teams opinion come to find out there were four other teams that were considering him in the first round The Lions grabbed him because they knew other teams wanted him

Huh, I didn’t backtrack on anything.

You can't go back and say oh well I meant this after you said something exactly not the same thing If you say there were no rookie running back drafts like this one in recent memory you can't then go well I meant pre-draft. And that's not true The 2017 everyone knew the running backs were going to be amazing. everyone agrees that this year is deep with running back but there are not amazing talent at the top like in 2017 other than Jeanty

Yes you did. If you say there's no running back class in recent memory that's as good as this one and I go 2017 where players are still playing from that class and then you go well other than that one that's literally backtracking

Right, in 2017, they said the class was very deep. It worked out and broke the trend of only a few guys hitting. This year they are saying the same thing and that the class loaded. And I believe that they outperform class averages and most of the top guys end up as HITS just like 2017

2017 is the only comparable class in recent memory.. if you call 8 years ago recent. Point is that no other class even sniffed the depth of talent that this year offers besides the 2017 class

And that doesn't change that some of the top guys were still busts in the NFL You can't say will trade for another pic and you're guaranteed to have two starting running backs that's not how it works

That’s why I think there will be a significantly above average of “HITS” at the position this year.

Allowing OP to find great talent with his 1.11 and 1.06 pick.