So much for that old belief drafting running backs is as passe in the NFL as the "Ickey Shuffle."
No fewer than 30 running backs got drafted into this supposedly all-passing league across seven rounds last year. Two backs went in the first eight picks, and the success Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara and Kareem Hunt had showed all those backs still his big-time value in the NFL.
This week's draft is deep in running backs, just in time for coach Pete Carroll making the improvement of the rushing offense his Seahawks' top priority in 2018.