The Value of Things: What About Running Backs?

“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate drops to zero.” — Tyler Durden

The Texans have had the worst running game in the NFL over the past two years. Their struggles go well beyond that. Arian Foster was their last rusher to rush over 1200 yards and that happened at the very beginning of the Bill O’Brien era. Carlos Hyde barely eclipsed the 1000 yard barrier in 2019, but otherwise that entire time period was a dearth of a good rushing attack.

So, the Texans probably will draft a running back at some point. This is where conventional wisdom and actual statistics collide. This column is about the debate between the two. In a contest between wisdom and stats, I will almost always choose…