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First year DG didn't draft a RB


t96

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A vote of confidence in our RB group of Stewart, Tolbert, Fozzy, CAP, and Wegher, or just how the cards fell in the draft?

 

2013: Kenjon Barner

2014: Tyler Gaffney

2015: Cameron Artis-Payne

 

Did he draft RBs in '14 and '15 because the one he drafted the previous year didn't work out? And it was clear they didn't work out by the end of their first season (Gaffney was on the Pats' IR and it was pretty clear Barner didn't fit Shula's offense very well and mainly is too small to play in the league). If so, does this mean the team believes CAP could take over for Stew in the future? Or just having confidence in Stew this year and looking to the stacked RB class of '17 (I don't follow college ball outside of draft season so I have no clue if this is true, but I heard that quite a bit this year)?

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Just looking back at the 2013 draft: The WR class wasn't too deep, while 2014's was projected to be phenomenal. Everyone wanted Dave to grab a WR in 2013, but that didn't happen until 2014, when the time was right.

Same could be said for RB's. Not many stand out talent this year as far as RB's go, while next year I believe is projected to have quite the bit of decent backs coming in the draft. Maybe Dave strikes his move then, like he did in 2014, when the quality is better?

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12 hours ago, thomas96 said:

If so, does this mean the team believes CAP could take over for Stew in the future? Or just having confidence in Stew this year and looking to the stacked RB class of '17 (I don't follow college ball outside of draft season so I have no clue if this is true, but I heard that quite a bit this year)?

Yes.

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