But let’s be honest, most of those positions have already been decided.
We know that Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler are going to be the running backs. Most expected seventh-round draft pick Justin Jackson to be the No. 3 guy and perhaps even push Ekeler for snaps.
That’s not going to happen.
Jackson has been injured all summer and now, he likely won’t even make the team. Instead, undrafted rookie Detrez Newsome has become this year’s version of Ekeler.
The similarities are plentiful.
Both running backs put up massive college numbers, but they did so while almost no one noticed.