Clyde Edwards-Helaire

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sounds like a better deal IMO.

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A better deal depends on what he asks for.

You didn't try very hard on this, did you?

List of RBs drafted in the 1st round since 2006 that either played in or won a superbowl with their original team:

Won
Reggie Bush - SAINTS
Joseph Addai - Colts
Rashard Mendenhall - Steelers
Sony Michel - Patriots
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - Chiefs

Played in Superbowl, lost
Lawrence Moroney - Patriots
Deangelo Williams - Panthers
Knowshown Moreno - Broncos
Donald Brown - Colts
Todd Gurley - Rams

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The only first round running back that won a Super Bowl on the team that drafted him in the last 20 years. He was not an integral part of that. Drafting Love would be awesome but getting him in FA 4 years later sounds like a better deal IMO.

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6 of the top 10 rushers in the league last year were 1st round picks at one point in time.

Judging a RBs draft value by winning SBs with the team that drafts them…….is fricking retarded

I don’t agree at all with what he said but your stat line is misleading. 10 out of the top 15 nfl rushers are 2nd round and beyond. The top 3 leading nfl rushers are not first round picks. 5 out of the top 6,

Over the last 10 seasons

a first round RB has led the league in yards from scrimmage eight times.

A first round RB has led the league in TDs 7 times

Look at the top 10 in these stats every year, it’s littered with first round guys. Mainly top 12 guys. If you’re hunting elite RBs, this is where you do it. Youre equating team success with individual success

With young QB and coach, no one can sell me on signing old vets.

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Joseph Addai - Colts Rashard Mendenhall - Steelers

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These two actually make his point.

Mendenhall was hurt the year they won the Super Bowl. He had zero impact that year, they actually won it with an UDFA rb starting. So that tells you how important that pick was.

And Addai was a very late first who took the place of Edge James who like Love could be a top 5 pick. They could never win the Super Bowl with him after burning the #4 overall pick on him to pair with Manning. They won the superbowl the year after he left….

CEH didn’t play in one superbowl they won and I’m not sure he even got a carry in the second one.

Drafting a big time receiver or edge will also make you better…

And missed Sony michel. I’ll downvote myself just stop being mean about it. Drafting a rb is dumb.

Of the winners, only Reggie Bush played a meaningful role on the team the year they won.
Edit: Actually relooked at it and Bush had his worst statistical year of his first 4 year the year we won. xD Michel, while certainly not great, had better overall seasons the 2 they won with him, yet certainly not THE reason or even one of the main reasons they one.

Both sides have a point to this argument, as we went over last time this came up. It's not impossible to get to or win a SB drafting a back in the first round, but it is also CLEARLY not the cause of a team's success. Passing on other more expensive and important positions that high especially can be very detrimental, but when you can find that extremely rare back it is possible they can give you that push.

The question STILL remains, is Love that generational back, or is he simply very good (if even that)? That can only be answered in hindsight, and if we take Love I will hope that means the staff truly believes he is THAT guy and not just some really good guy.