16) Miami Dolphins - Melvin Gordon III (RB Wisconsin) Melvin Gordon
Ryan Tannehill has made giants leaps under new offensive coordinator Bill Lasor and could take another big step if the Dolphins made a move to significantly upgrade their running game. Lamar Miller is not a bad running back, but he's not a difference maker. Melvin Gordon on the other hand is the type of Demarco Murray/Lesean McCoy gamebreaker who can completely change the shape of a game with a single carry. As he's proving in the midst of his record-setting junior season, Gordon is more than just another Wisconsin 'system back.' He can make you miss, run through you, or flat-out run past you. Gordon is an ever rare NFL 'feature back.'
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Interesting. Would rather see a big bodied WR to complement this corps though.
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The era of the first round RB is all but over. None in the past two drafts and the most recent were Trent Richardson and David Wilson/Doug Martin in the last two picks of the first.
Look at the top of the yardage list this year:
1. DeMarco Murray - 3rd
2. Le'Veon Bell - 2nd
3. Marshawn Lynch - 1st; eight years ago
4. Arian Foster - Undrafted
5. LeSean McCoy - 2nd
6. Justin Forsett - 7th
7. Eddie Lacy - 2nd
8. Alfred Morris - 6th
9. Jeremy Hill - 2nd
10. Matt Forte - 2nd
11. Jamaal Charles - 3rd
12. Frank Gore - 3rd
13. Lamar Miller - 4th
14. Mark Ingram - 1st; 4 years ago, bottom of the first, hasn't lived up to the hype
15. Russell Wilson - 3rd, the 15th best RB in the NFL is a 3rd round QB
Drafting Melvin Gordon in the first round is just a waste of resources.cuchulainn, BlameItOnTheHenne, Ronnie Bass and 1 other person like this. -
Plenty of decent power runners available in the mid-rounds to replace Daniel Thomas.
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The more I watch Jaelen Strong the more it seems I like him.
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Id love to get a guy like Duke Johnson in the later rounds.. If it werent for the injuries I would think he would get picked up in a late second or third... But those injuries will scare people and he will drop.
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Today I learned that Malcolm Floyd is 33.
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If we draft RB in the first I'll puke.
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If we traded down and added a pick or two and were picking in the late part of the 1st round I think Gordon would be a really nice pick.