“The NFL is a passing league.” “Running backs don’t matter. “ “I wouldn’t take a running back in the first round, ever.” “Signing backs to big extensions is always a bad idea.”
These, and more, have been said over the last decade as things change in football. Despite the fact that running backs are keys to the game in high school and college, they have been mostly used and discarded at the pro level.
The Cleveland Browns went against what many expected from an “analytics” led front office to do with RB Nick Chubb.