All you need to do is rank the current NFL RBs to see where he'd fall. You'd also have to consider scheme and what teams expect from their running backs. For instance, based on what I just read from Austin Ekeler, Jim Harbaugh would take Najee in a second because he wants a workhorse. Oddly enough, Tomlin has always been a run them until their wheels fall off type of coach and changed his approach with Harris/Warren.
He'd be lucky to go in the 3rd, probably more like the 5th. They thought they were getting a Derrick Henry but ended up with a Trent Richardson. HUGE difference.
College production is everything.
Well, hindsight is 20/20 so you never know how a pick is going to turn out.
Thats fair, I was excited for him in the very beginning, although he did have a good couple games last seasons.
And yet Harris is one of 13 RB's to rush for 1000 yards in his first 3 years......I know he benefited from an extra week but so did everyone else(since it was started)......even in a putrid offense where they knew when we would run....and when we passed it would be short to the out side. Teams loaded the box. Week in and week out. Play in and play out.
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And the 1,000 yard season's really didn't amount to anything meaningful that I could tell. We still were one of the lowest-scoring O's
Is there anything about the Steelers you don't complain about?
dont let the dum dums get you down.
Sure, are you complaining about my complaining? Odd position.
The ? at the end means it's a question.
Yes, that's why I have a "?" at the end of my sentence.
What’s your point? Where would Bettis have been drafted with the 3.9 he had in the NFL coming out of Notre Dame? Certainly not #10 overall. So what and who cares?
No hidden point, the point is the point: Had Najee been drafted after we collectively saw what he did in the pros (with his 3.9 ypc average) he would not have been drafted in the 1st round. Take it for whatever you wish. It is what it is. Najee would not have been taken in the 1st round if we knew then what we know now.
I am starting to think you would have drafted someone else
Point is Pittsburgh did not get what they paid for in a 1st rd RB,
Him and the rest of the world. You wouldn't have?
That may be true, most RB don't get thrown into the Bellcow role as a rookie. A more accurate comparison would be first 3 years as the starter. Even that would not be accurate considering the fact that most backfields are split and most intelligent head coaches do not throw caution to the wind and ride 1 RB till the wheels fell off.
Boom, shalackalacka boom.
Agreed.... so it makes what Harris did that more impressive. Now hopefully our OL will be solid along with a half way decent Offensive system. I am not only excited what Harris can do but Warren also.
Like most people I wanted Creed in the 1st and certainly in the 2nd
