{"id":233997,"date":"2011-04-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2011\/04\/18\/2011-draft-wonder-running-back\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T05:00:00","slug":"2011-draft-wonder-running-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/2011-draft-wonder-running-back\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Draft- Wonder: RUNNING BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"
We have arrived at the last installment for Wonder’s draft analysis: Running Back<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n (Wonder does not analyze the Punters and Kickers.) After this, we will compile all of the positions and generate his overall list. Pete’s Analysis is coming too. <\/p>\n Back to Wonder’s RBs, the thing that you notice immediately is that there is a lot of depth here. It shows up in the middle of the draft, R3-R5. These guys are either the 5’10” 220-230 lb types or the scatbacks. There is a lot of value<\/em> in both. <\/p>\n When you consider that the Giants have been very skillful in their selections of RBs over the years, it begs the observation: don’t pick these guys early. Think about this: the Giants grabbed Derrick Ward from the Jets practice squad, where he was a R7 pick for them. They took Jacobs in R4. They found Bradshaw in R7. They got Danny Ware (UFA) off the Jets practice squad. They signed Ryan Grant as a UFA and traded him to the Packers for a R6 pick because they HAD TOO MANY RUNNING BACKS!<\/p>\n So think about it- the Giants are terrific at finding RBs late, they s*ck at finding LBers late. So why pick up Mark Ingram in R1? I know Pete loves Mikel Leshoure (and Wonder likes him a lot too), but if your organization’s talent is in finding RBs later, find them later and use your early resources on other needs that cannot be easily met (historically or otherwise) later. The crop of LBers this year s*cks. The crop of RBs is deep. Don’t make this complicated. <\/p>\n