This year, Penn State’s Saquon Barkley is being touted by many as the best player in the draft, and perhaps should be considered by the Cleveland Browns with the number one pick, maybe not falling out of the top three. Last year, Leonard Fournette went fourth overall and the Jacksonville Jaguars made it to the AFC Championship game. Christian McCaffrey went eighth, and the Carolina Panthers improved from 6-10 to 11-5. The year before that, Ezekiel Elliott went fourth and the Dallas Cowboys found themselves with that season’s leading rusher.
Spending a top-20 pick on a RB is one of the worst decisions a team can make
