re: What will our defense hold Melvin Gordon to?

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There is a reason NFL scouts said Melvin Gordon would have been the first RB taken in this past season's NFL Draft.

over jeremy hill? I really doubt that.

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"He's so fluid and easy and graceful," one NFL personnel director said at the scouting combine. "He's (expletive) really good. He's a first-rounder." That scout said Gordon would have been the best back in the draft had he not decided to remain in school.

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The scouting director for another team went a step further, saying Gordon was head and shoulders above a dreary corps of running backs that already includes 20 underclassmen.

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An AFC scout called Gordon "the real deal," and both he and an NFC personnel man said they could have projected him as the first back off the board.

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An NFL running backs coach studied tape of the leading backs and concluded Gordon was No. 1.

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One scout for a team in need of a running back disagreed with Gordon's decision.

"I hope that kid doesn't get hurt," he said. "He made a mistake by staying in. I don't know who was giving him advice or what they did to keep him in school, but that was a bad decision."

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Added another personnel man: "If you're a back and you're a good player, I think you have to come out. You're not going to get any better."

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