Jonathan Taylor gave us a preview of his overall RB1 potential down the stretch of his rookie season in 2020.
Perhaps we should have believed more in the player who ran for 253 yards in Week 17 of his rookie season and ran for 2,000-plus yards three years in a row at Wisconsin. But with all that information available, we still allowed Taylor to fall to the end of the first round in most 2021 drafts.
Taylor didn’t exactly come out of nowhere this season. His production down the stretch in 2020 was a sign of his successful adjustment to the NFL game, something we’ve seen more often over the last few years among rookies.