No NFL team wants to be weak at any one position. But every team has choices to make and priorities to address. Odds are, they won’t be great at every spot. So which matters most? For at least the last five years, running back has drawn the short straw. Considered fungible by many, teams prefer to use committee approaches and find cheap, niche options that can be thrown on the scrap heap the moment they stop being useful. The 2024 NFL Draft is a product of that thinking. No running back is expected to be drafted in the first round, and it’s possible zero will be taken in the second round, too.
Kevin Colbert On Why RBs Are Devalued (And Why He Thinks They Still Matter)
