TL:DR: I’m not arguing that RBs aren’t important or that we shouldn’t look to add talent there. My argument is that drafting a RB high in the draft does not work out because RBs alone can’t make a team substantially better. Especially teams that have terrible offensive lines. This is where the Saints are right now.
So far there have been 10 teams that have played over the weekend. Only 1 RB has rushed for over 100 yards - Barkley behind an absolutely elite Eagles O Line and it still took him 26 runs to do. The Next closest RB behind him had 67 yards.
Only 3 of the 10 teams had RBs as a group total over 100 yards including the Eagles. Out of those 3 teams only 1 team won their game and
