The reason that I haven’t endorsed paying a running back a high dollar amount or drafting one early is that it seems like there are enough running backs on the market that the cost of acquiring a good one has been very low. There are other factors too: the great running backs aren’t that much more productive than the average running backs is one. And another is that the position is so a) so dangerous and b) so dependent on physical abilities that hinge gravely on the health of your knees that it makes teams fearful of risking $12 million on a player at the position.
Needing a safety might not be that much unlike needing a running back
