Would you be mad if gettleman chose Todd Gurley as our first round pick?

[GoobyPls]

Who gives a flip about other teams. The teams that were successful last year had well developed rushing attacks. With Gurley this team would have a deadly rushing attack, something we can hang our hat on. The oline will not be quickly fixed by one or two draft picks. You have to invest alot of picks and FA pickups and hope they turn out good to field a cohesive unit.

 

Gurley makes this team better. An OT at 25, maybe, maybe not.

 

If your O-line can't block a rookie RB isn't gonna produce, much less make this team deadly.

 

Gurley doesn't make this team better, drafting a receiver does.

[GoobyPls]

Thomas Davis sat out for three years. I guess we shouldn't have drafted him either.

 

nice strawman argument

[top dawg]

Mad no but it would be a questionable pick, we could pick up a rb to spell Stewart.

We have bigger needs then a rb in the first it's a luxury pick IMO

 

Would it really be a luxury pick?  I mean, Stewart will be 28 tomorrow. Let's say that he has another good two or three years, presuming that he is with us (and restructures and all that), then he is bound to start slowing down. Gurley may just be entering his prime at the ripe old age of 23 or 24. And all this is assuming that Stewart can stay on the field for an appreciable amount of time.  

 

Whitaker just doesn't do it for me. He is a journeyman back who is good as an RB3, not a full time starter. 

[The Huddler]

if you get mad you are a fuging retard

[Carolina Cajun]

I wouldn't get mad in the least.  I trust Gettlemans judgement, and if we can set up our version of the 3 headed monster (Cam, KB, Gurley), then I'm for it.  Gurley does have gamebreaking ability and actually because of the devaluing of the RB position could be a steal at #25.  He will be cheaper than Stewart and we'd be able to dump stewie soon because of this, giving us yet again some more flexibility.  I still think OT or WR will be our pick, but I really wouldn't put it past G-Man.

[Mol3m4n]

nice strawman argument

There's no scarecrow here. Just pointing out a fact.

[CRA]

If he drafts Gurley in the first.

Gettlemen should be fired.

[C47]

If he drafts Gurley in the first.

Gettlemen should be fired.

 

What?

[Growl]

Gettleman couldve afforded himself this luxury if he had bothered to address the team's needs in free agency. He is waiting for the draft instead and will be forced to address them there.

[CatMan72]

Gurley, when healthy, will easily be BPA at 25... we're talking about a guy who was well on his way to winning the Heisman before he got hurt.

[TylerVagyler]

I still don't get why the RB position would be considered a "luxury"

 

Stew is going to be a cap casualty soon. His deal is horrendous. And he is often injured (I know Gurley is coming off an injury too, but that's not my argument). Fozzy is the backup, which is nice, but people are falling way too in love with him. He's solid, but no way am I comfortable with him as the #1 guy if Stew goes down again.

 

Do we have bigger needs? Absolutely. 

 

But no way would I consider RB a "luxury". 

[Mol3m4n]

I'm still laughing 2 hours later because half of this board claims "straw man" when they can't come up with a good argument.

[WUnderhill]

Did you feel the same way when we drafted Kuechly and already had Beason?

 

I wasn't thrilled, but it's also a completely different situation. Drafting a LB with no injury history when you have two LBs coming off significant injury and little depth at the position with the intention of playing him 3 downs vs. drafting a RB coming off a season ending injury to split carries at a position with good depth. It's apples and oranges. Ridiculous comparison.

 

I believe in building from the inside out, no matter who we drafted in the past. We need to worry about our OL before we worry about ANOTHER first round RB.

[2jakefansinva]

Yes...........because I'm frustrated with 1st round RB's