re: NFL Draft Discussion Thread

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Must be a very weak RB class outside of Love

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Can't speak to much of the rest of the class outside the ND kids but in many years in the past, JD Price would have been that ND kid that got all the hype, all the attention and media, non-stop fluffing and criticism, etc. (think Brady Quinn, Clausen, Teo, etc., etc.). He's a quiet dude who was splitting carries with the best RB prospect since Barkley, so he went well, well under the radar, but he is an awesome football player.

There were times last year, especially early in the year, where I thought he was a better pure RB than Love. Not as electric as Love (whom I would compare with Bijan or Darren McFadden), but he is fast as frick, extremely physical, just a great instinctual runner (incredible vision in the backfield - better than Love whose is pretty damn good), very patient and intelligent player, immediate plug and play top 20 in the NFL type of RB. The guy he is replacing in Seattle is actually a great comp - Kenneth Walker-esque. Also a great special teams player which I know Seattle values.

His knock is his penchant for putting it on the ground in big situations. He wasn't below average on a per carry basis by any means, but A) he had a knack for doing it in the highest leverage situations and B) his counterpart put the ball on the ground one single time in his entire college career (and recovered his own fumble, at that), so it will jump out a bit.

A low key big thing for both of them is that they both have light wear on the treads. Their combined amount of carries over the last two years barely eclipses what Jeanty had by himself in his final two years at Boise, for comparison.