In recent weeks, we’ve heard a lot about the drop off in production in running backs and how for them it happens earlier than any other position. While many in the media claim it has to due with age, it actually has to do with the number of carries a running back has over his college and professional career.
In an article I wrote in May about the Jonathan Taylor signing, I briefly spoke about the running back wall and used it as an argument for why I wasn’t in love with the pick. While valid, my argument had holes in it and wasn’t fully researched or thought out.