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Originally Posted by Wheatsauce
I think the main arguments against him are that he is not good at football (as shown by his poor efficiency numbers), he is quite injury prone, and his offensive line might be bad. He will (if healthy) shoulder a large portion of the load though, which is still worth a lot in this day and age.
That I agree with. I'm not arguing that Melvin Gordon is a good RB. I'm just arguing that in a world where there are only 3 perfect RBs, he might have the best situation of the next group. Injury prone for RB doesn't bother me unless it is concussions which can be problematic because of the uncertainty. All NFL running backs are going to miss games. You just hope it's not at a bad time.
This is one of the reasons I have been hating the 7th & 8th pick. Your options are between guys that are not that good but will play (Ajayi, Gordon), guys who are good, will play, but have major question marks (McCoy with carries and age and Howard with no other offensive options on the team) or guys with better players behind them (Freeman. Murray)
So you are stuck with one of those guys as your RB1 or you have to go 0 RB, but not really end up with a dominant WR.
Football Guys has Gordon in the #4 RB spot which I did not agree with at first, but I had been warming up to as I am doing more and more mocks from the 7, 8, 9. I'm still trying to find a way I'm happy with my team when I'm picking at anything worse than 6. It just looks like a dog's breakfast where I'm hoping two of the 5 RBs I draft are good and 2 of the 5 WRs I draft are good and of course since I'm waiting on TE & QB just nothing makes me happy right now.