Harvey: Case for Murray — it’s about value, not position

[boozeman]

You just have to trust your scouting, because the second you get gun shy you let beasts like Le'Veon Bell and Eddie Lacy slide into the 2nd round. Dallas is nowhere near as lucky as Green Bay for whom franchise QBs fall to the 20's and franchise RBs fall to the 60's.

That is the whole deal.

There are no rules about a player at a certain position goes in X round.

If that were the case, we probably wouldn't have taken Frederick.

And let's be honest, if there were a re-draft today, would teams not take Bell or Lacy in the first?

Of course they would.

If the player is good enough and the team has the right bead on the player, there should be nothing keeping them from taking a RB if they are clearly the best player on their board.

 

[fortsbest]

Ray Rice was my favorite back from that draft. Hated the Jones pick, but the guy I wanted with our second #1 was Kenny Phillips.

I wanted Chris Johnson that year. I was right. Can't help that Tenn turned him into a head case!

 

[Jiggyfly]

After Ronnie Brown, Benson, Cadillac, DMac, Felix, Mendenhall, the 3 you mentioned I can understand the hesitation.

You just have to trust your scouting, because the second you get gun shy you let beasts like Le'Veon Bell and Eddie Lacy slide into the 2nd round. Dallas is nowhere near as lucky as Green Bay for whom franchise QBs fall to the 20's and franchise RBs fall to the 60's.

The Cowboys nailed Murray in the 3rd but whiffed terribly with Felix. Hopefully they got all that fixed and will evaluate Gordon and Gurley properly.

Maybe Gurly falls to their pick in the 3rd, and he's the next Murray.

Since when is Lacy a franchise back?

He has split carries both years in GB.

 

[Carp]

Since when is Lacy a franchise back?

He has split carries both years in GB.

I think he is a franchise back...although a franchise back now is much different than 10 years ago.

 

[Jiggyfly]

I think he is a franchise back...although a franchise back now is much different than 10 years ago.

I look at franchise back as someone who is a 3 down guy and someone that's a cut above.

Lacy strikes me as good, but his production mostly comes from the fact that teams game plan for the passing instead of the run.

I think he could be replaced fairly easily.

 

[Carp]

I look at franchise back as someone who is a 3 down guy and someone that's a cut above.

Lacy strikes me as good, but his production mostly comes from the fact that teams game plan for the passing instead of the run.

I think he could be replaced fairly easily.

Not many do that anymore.

 

[Jiggyfly]

Not many do that anymore.

That's why there are few franchise backs IMO and Lacy does not measure up.

 

[Carp]

That's why there are few franchise backs IMO and Lacy does not measure up.

He is an upper tier guy though.

 

[ravidubey]

Since when is Lacy a franchise back?

He has split carries both years in GB.

I'm going by what I see. You are right about him splitting carries and he looks overweight, but the talent is there.

 

[Genghis Khan]

That is the whole deal.

There are no rules about a player at a certain position goes in X round.

If that were the case, we probably wouldn't have taken Frederick.

And let's be honest, if there were a re-draft today, would teams not take Bell or Lacy in the first?

Of course they would.

If the player is good enough and the team has the right bead on the player, there should be nothing keeping them from taking a RB if they are clearly the best player on their board.

Yep.