Tim M Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Quote: The NFL is showing a propensity to lean toward the pass more and more every season. The beneficiaries have been wide receivers, offensive tackles and quarterbacks (the productive ones). The have nots are the running backs and NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock sees their value as a commodity in the draft sliding. “It has become a pass first league. If you look back the draft 40 years ago, running backs were the most valuable commodity there was,” Mayock said. “Today with all the spread offenses and teams throwing the football 60 to 70 percent of the time there has been a completely different emphasis in how you draft offensively. It starts at quarterback, it goes to wide receiver, a left tackle and even lately it’s even gone to what kind of tight end you can draft that can beat teams vertically on defense." “So I do think it’s going to devalue running backs. I do think the good news is you can get in the second, third and fourth round and find different flavors of running backs. You’ll see some teams that will draft two or three running backs in one or two drafts just so they have a big back, a third down change of pace guy. I think that’s where the league has gone and will continue to go.” The good news is a team like the Bills, who could be in the market to add some youth at the position behind C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson could wait until the middle rounds and still land a quality player. Link: http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2014/02/19/rbs-draft-value-sliding-in-pass-happy-nfl/ Quote My Adopt-A-Bill for 2013 is WR Mat [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] (Wet Rubber Mat) if (ToErr == objHuman) { objForgive = objDivine; } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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