For those who think we NEED a RB with our 1st rd pick

[Poeticlaw]

For this I only used Rbs that rushed for over 1000 yds in 2006. 50% of the RB's that rushed over 1000 yds were drafted in the 2nd rd or later Willie Parker wasnt even drafted. Also the RB that i see most bills fans drooling over from San Dieago Michael Turner, he was drafted in the 5th rd 154 overall. This is just to point out that we dont need to use our First round pick to get a featured back and this list doesnt even include the first round busts.

The most disheartneing thing i ound in this research is the in the same draft we took Mcgahee at 23 Larry Johnson was taken at 27 imagine how nice it would have been to draft him instead.

 

My point is in this draft there are alot of rbs taht will be available in the 2nd rd that could be a featured back. To me its safer to use our 2nd rnd pick then to lose out on a player that could be an impact player from the first round.

 

Name Overall Yds YPC

Willie Parker undrafted 1494 4.4

Chester Taylor 207 1216 4

Rudi Johnson 100 1309 3.8

Brian Westbrook 91 1217 5.1

Ahman Green 76 1059 4

Frank Gore 65 1695 5.4

Travis Henry 58 1211 4.5

Ladell Betts 56 1154 4.7

Julius Jones 43 1084 4.1

Tatum Bell 41 1025 4.4

Tiki Barber 36 1662 5.1

Joseph Addai 30 1081 4.8

Larry Johnson 27 1789 4.3

Steven Jackson 24 1528 4.4

Deuce McAllister 23 1057 4.3

Warrick Dunn 12 1140 4

Fred Taylor 9 1146 5

Thomas Jones 7 1210 4.1

Jamal Lewis 5 1132 3.6

LaDainian Tomlinson 5 1815 5.2

Edgerrin James 4 1159 3.4

Ronnie Brown 2 1008 4.2

[DrDawkinstein]

you are about to be regaled with stats about Super Bowl RBs...

[apuszczalowski]

For every non first round RB you find that ran for 1,000 yards, you will find one from the 1st round too.

 

The only difference is that a RB drafted later has less pressure to be a bust then one drafted earlier. There is no guarantee that a RB drafted later will succeed over one drafted in the 1st, its just more likely that a RB drafted in the 1st will succeed

[marauderswr80]

I can agree with that, but it can also be said about every other position in the league.

[stuckincincy]

For this I only used Rbs that rushed for over 1000 yds in 2006.

 

It's a rare team that doesn't have a 1K back. But I understand your point.

 

I suppose he might be eventually be broken into two pieces, but I would make extensive use of Roscoe. He can jink like the injured, short career Peter Warrick could.

 

I wouldn't hesitate to send him long, either.

 

Roscoe can help take defensive heat off of the run game.

[Brandon]

The Bills don't *need* any position in R1. One can come up with a list of very effective list of players at any position that were taken in R2-7.

 

The comparison is, however, very unfair. There are on average about 3 RBs taken in R1 every year. There are usually about 20 taken in R2-7. In order to get that roughly 50-50 split in 1,000 yard rushers, how many R2-7 guys DON'T make it? An awful lot.