Odds --NYG #2 OVERALL PICK -- who do they take?

[seldomseen]

Bell was at the end of his deal and would've had to get a new, lucrative extension though, that isn't apples to apples. Gurley has been in the NFL for 4 years now. You get 3-5 years of cost control on Barkley. It's just not the correct comparison.

Pass rushers or top 10-15 CB's don't grow on trees. What if there isn't a Bosa in the draft? A Ramsey? ...So you're saying Barkley over Denzel Ward or Bradley Chubb is a fish move? I guess time will tell? ...Doesn't seem awful to me.

The point is I'd rather take a RB that I think is close to a sure thing and is perfect for the direction the game is going rather than gamble on a QB that I'm not enamored with.

Barkley got over $30mm guaranteed and is paid among the top 10 at his position. Maybe he transcends the position but there are a lot of 2nd and 3rd round guys who are pretty good making a whole lot less. I think Gurley was the best rb prospect since AD. Neither by themselves are able to transcend an offense. Question should be how many points is Barkley worth vs a top 10 qb? Which rookie contract offers you more flexibility? Of course you could follow the Jaguars model draft a rb in the 2nd round, sign a guy for $32mm, and take one 4th overall lol. We've already kind of seen the rb devaluation trending in the opposite direction so who knows.

 

[seldomseen]

Why not? If he's good then he is good. You don't always have to take a QB even if you need one, what if you don't think 1 is good? No point in trying to force 40-50 starts with someone you aren't enamored with.

Barkley is 1 of the best RB's in the league already. If taking a RB in the top 5 is a bad decision then taking almost any position besides QB in the top 5 is a bad decision besides CB/edge rusher/LT really. The other positions don't have much less fungibility than RB.

Every draft has a "generational" db/pass rusher/ot/qb. At least that is what we are told.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Why is it Barkley vs a top 10 QB? Darnold isn't a top 10 QB and probably won't be. No Non-QB can transcend an offense.

The threshold for thinking Barkley is a fine pick at #2 is a lot lower than you think it is IMO. Just gambling on a QB for the sake of it isn't a good move.

I get what you're trying to say in terms of value of QB/RB but I'd say the strategy can be eschewed when it is Saquan Barkley (I'd take him over any RB in the NFL right now with the way the game is going in terms of pass catching from backs increasing) vs Sam Darnold.