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               For               the               sake               of               argument,               say               that               you               were               the               GM               of               a               team               that               needed               a               running               back,               and               you               had               a               top-five               pick.

Luckily               for               you,               a               stud               running               back               is               available!

He's               apparently               the               best               prospect               in               a               looooong               time.

Sounds               like               an               easy               choice,               right?
               Not               so               fast,               bucko.

If               you               were               to               waste               your               pick               on               this               running               back,               you'd               be               helping               your               cause               to               be               picking               high               in               next               year's               draft               as               well.

Why               is               that?

The               answer               is               simple:               running               backs               don't               win               games               now               like               they               used               to.

They               are               simply               inefficient.
               There               are               2               main               reasons               why               this               is               true:
               They               require               a               good               offensive               line               to               function               properly.

You               could               really               make               this               argument               about               the               entire               offense,               but               with               running               backs,               the               problem               is               even               worse.

A               quarterback               can               function               well               with               a               subpar               offensive               line,               as               they               can               extend               plays               with               their               legs,               go               to               their               hot               receiver,               or               simply               dodge               a               defender.

Ben               Roethlisberger,               one               of               the               best               QBs               at               extending               a               play               has               one               of               the               worst               o-lines               in               the               league               and               he               threw               for               over               4,000               yards!

The               same               ability               to               function               with               poor               line               play               cannot               be               said               of               running               backs.

If               their               offensive               line               cannot               block,               they               are               virtually               useless.

A               prime               example               of               this               is               Peyton               Hillis.

In               2010,               when               he               had               a               better               offensive               line               and               a               great               fullback               in               Lawrence               Vickers,               he               averaged               4.4               yards               per               carry.

This               year,               with               a               far               less               effective               line               and               a               rookie               fullback,               he               averaged               a               paltry               3.6.

Running               backs               are               not               able               to               create               fast               points.

A               good               QB               can               drive               down               the               field               in               no               time.

They               can               erase               point               deficits               in               no               time               flat.

The               rushing               game               cannot.

An               offense               based               on               a               rushing               attack               must               slowly               plod               down               the               field.

This               may               not               seem               so               bad               if               your               team               isn't               down,               but               remember,               the               longer               it               takes               to               get               down               the               field,               the               more               chances               a               defense               has               to               make               a               stop.

Also,               as               has               been               implied,               if               a               team               is               down               by               a               few               scores,               they               cannot               depend               on               their               rushing               attack,               as               they               will               simply               run               out               of               time.

There               are               also               2               big               reasons               why               running               backs               are               bad               bets               for               contracts               that               are               not               based               on               their               offensive               inefficiency:
               1.

Running               backs               get               injured               a               lot.

Running               backs               are               one               position               that               is               horribly               susceptible               to               injury,               as               would               be               expected               from               players               that               ram               into               multiple               defenders               during               every               play               that               features               them.

Look               at               the               number               of               backs               this               year               that               received               serious               and/or               lengthy               injuries:               Adrian               Peterson               (torn               ACL),               Arian               Foster               (missed               several               early               season               games               with               a               strained               hamstring),               Matt               Forte               (sprained               MCL),               Darren               McFadden               (sprained               foot),               Peyton               Hillis               (strained               hamstring),               Felix               Jones               (numerous               ankle               and               hamstring               injuries)               and               DeMarco               Murray               (fractured               ankle)               on               the               Cowboys               and               Rashard               Mendenhall               (torn               ACL,               along               with               numerous               earlier               injuries               that               affected               production),               along               with               many               injured               backups.

A               player               that               is               this               susceptible               to               injury               is               a               bad               investment.

Why               waste               a               lot               of               money               (and               more               importantly               cap               space)               on               a               player               that               is               very               probable               to               be               injured?

2.

Running               backs               have               short               careers.

After               seeing               how               much               they               get               injured,               this               should               not               be               much               of               a               surprise.

Running               backs               do               not               stay               good               for               very               long.

After               a               while,               their               skills               simply               fade.

The               commonly               cited               age               is               30,               but               really,               the               degradation               of               skill               begins               before               then               and               is               simply               most               visible               around               this               time.

After               knowing               all               this,               would               you               still               use               a               high               draft               pick               or               hand               out               a               big               contract               in               free               agency               to               a               running               back?

Probably               not.
               Of               the               12               teams               that               made               the               playoffs               this               year,               how               many               had               great               rushing               attacks?

Baltimore,               Houston               and               Denver.

And               in               Denver,               quite               a               bit               of               the               rushing               came               from               Tim               Tebow               (though               you               shouldn't               discredit               Willis               McGahee,               as               he               had               a               good               season).

More               telling               is               the               number               of               playoff               teams               that               had               average               (or               in               some               of               these               cases,               plain               bad)               running               games.

Detroit               had               a               ten               win               season               with               a               running               game               that               was               painful               to               watch.

Green               Bay               had               1558               yards               on               the               ground               as               a               total               team,               which               is               less               than               Maurice               Jones-Drew               had               on               his               own!

The               Packers               were               15-1,               and               the               Jaguars               were               4-12.

Green               Bay               could               pass               the               ball               well.

Jacksonville               could               not.

Running               the               ball               will               not               win               you               games               like               passing               will.
               This               brings               us               to               the               situation               that               the               Cleveland               Browns               are               currently               in.

They               will               be               picking               at               number               4               and               22               in               the               first               round               of               this               year's               draft.

In               2011,               due               to               injuries               and               overall               poor               play,               the               Browns'               rushing               attack               ranked               28th               in               the               league.

Their               starting               back,               Peyton               Hillis               will               most               likely               be               leaving               in               free               agency.

There               will               be               a               lot               of               pressure               to               draft               Trent               Richardson,               who               has               been               heralded               as               the               best               back               to               come               out               of               college               since               Adrian               Peterson.

For               the               reasons               outlined               above,               doing               so               would               be               a               bad               idea.

He               would               not               provide               the               type               offensive               impact               that               is               sorely               needed               by               the               NFL's               29th               ranked               offense               that               a               WR               (Justin               Blackmon)               or               QB               (Robert               Griffin)               could               provide.

Mr.

Richardson               would               be               a               far               better               bet               for               a               team               that               is               picking               lower               in               the               first               round.






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