At the recent league meetings Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock both spoke about the running back a being a position of need. Gruden said he wanted a running back who can block, catch, and run the ball, stating that those kinds of backs are “hard to find.”
Shortly after the league meetings Isaiah Crowell was signed by the Raiders. The 5-year veteran was a former highly touted recruit out of high school who was eventually dismissed from the University of Georgia football team for disciplinary issues including a weapons arrest. Crowell got his life back in order at Alabama State University before eventually going undrafted in 2014 and signing with the Browns.