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Originally Posted by Bump
Conner is a great example of why you probably shouldn't overpay running backs.
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Yep. One of many. Look around. The Chiefs went from Priest to LJ to JC to Ware and now to Hunt. An UDFA, a 1st round pick, a 3rd round pick, a waiver claim, and a 3rd round pick. All of which were at minimum above average and many stars. Denver got Freeman as a 3rd round pick and Lindsey as a udfa. Good running backs are available every year in the draft. I'm not sure that Bell is anything special. He was pretty easily replaced by Conner. It's that offensive line that gets away with constantly holding that makes him look good. Surely there's no GM in the league dumb enough to not see that and pay him stupid money is there? Oh wait. Gruden isn't a GM, but he's definitely dumb enough to make that move.