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Is RB still a draft need?


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I would say no, it's not.

If someone slips from the first round, and they're very talented, maybe take them in the second. Though generally I wouldn't take a running back in the first two rounds unless they're pushed down the board and clearly the best player available.

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23 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

RB's are completely fungible. If anyone can't see that a center of Bozeman's quality would be far far harder to replace than any sort of RB you care to name, I don't know what to tell them.

Thing is, just by the amount of time it took to get him named an actual starter I'm not sure our FO knows wth is going on with player value. It is or there was a disconnect somewhere.

And even after Rhule was fired, Elf was still in the lineup. Granted Elf did ok a couple of games, Boze is hands down the better option. 

They had Shi over TMJ 

Higgins ...our best route runner on a team with a scheme that doesn't lend much help to seperation via route concepts, always inactive. 

Henderson over Taylor Jr.. (my preference though) 

Elf over Boze

And we're still trotting out Ian Thomas over every TE. In actuality, he shouldnt even be on the team. We should have shipped him off to Jacksonville and kept Dan Arnold. 

I said all that to say, I dont even trust them enough to make the right call in a hypothetical situation. 

Furthermore side note: Every year under this new regime we let a player walk that made the pro bowl elsewhere the same season. 

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I feel pretty bad for Foreman (and most RB). Dude got hit like 30 times yesterday and can’t net more than a one year , 1 million dollar deal. It’s the nature the position, I know, but man… the dudes been through it all, has a hard timeline ahead of em, and can’t net a real contract. I can’t help but root for em.

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Check out the upcoming FA RB list. Plenty of talent, half the teams will just draft a guy anyway. The supply and demand just isn't in the RB's favor currently. I'd love Foreman back on a 2 year deal, he gets the job done and he's great on the sidelines and in the locker room which should also be taken into account when deciding which of these guys to pay. Probably wouldn't be more than $5-7M total guaranteed but considering the market I think it would be good for both parties

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/running-back//

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19 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Exactly. He reminds me of Stephan Davis. Davis came pretty cheap if I remember correctly.  

And Stephen Davis needed an athletic pass catching RB like DeShaun Foster to complete the running game. With CMC gone, the Panthers need to find a top pass catching scat back to make them respectable for the playoffs. They are using WRs, but that is easier for defenses to read. They know Shenault isn't going between the tackles.

Currently the Panthers are trying to use Shenault, Hubbard, and Blackshear to cover for this major weakness on offense.

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