And there goes my 3rd ranked RB... In the 4th round... Can someone say steal??? Franklin reminds me so much of Frank Gore and I'll be surprised if come draft day he makes it to the Jets 3rd round pick. He can run between the tackles as well as anyone in the class, catch out of the backfield and has the speed to bounce plays to the outside. If he can put on 10 pounds and handle the wear and tear, I definitely think he will be a great pro.
Lattimore has a huge upside over Franklin, some risk but it may be worth it to some teams. I think Lattimore will be 100% in 2014, so some team will get a great red shirt RB for a 3/4th Rd pick.
Lattimore has elite potential while Franklin and others have marginal potential. If Lattimore can get into an NFL workout program, maybe start the year on the PUP list, and come along slowly, he can be as valuable as a 1st round pick in late 2013- early 2014. Supposedly he's working miracles in his recovery process. We shall see.
LOL...Dion Lewis on the Brain. I very recently brought up to an old draft friend how wrong he was stating Lewis was worthy of a 1st Rd pick when we debated before that draft.
He's too small to ever be considered in Rd 1. RBs that small usually take a beating. In contrast, WR, Tavon Austin is small, but he plays tough and doesn't take hard hits the way he plays.
We keep running into the problem of having to wait almost the full time for random GMs. Please guys JUST SEND BOARDS, thats it, you dont even have to be on. Just make them and send them to Myself/Laxin and you can go about your business for the rest of the day. Think of it this way, the 1st 2 rounds we got through in a day and a half, the last two have taken 2 , so slowly but surely we're progressing in the wrong direction. Now I know the later rounds arent as easy as the first but we all are capable of drafting through 7 rounds.
Again, I mentioned this earlier, if they miss their pick after 2 hours, don't wait 2 hours for their next pick which is one away. If I run the 3 Rounder next year, I'm going to give all best Gms 3 teams and weed out the ones that have missed picks. I have a family, fulltime job and other obligations and have never missed a pick...I sent out my boards. It's all about passion, either you love this stuff or not.
I find the later rounds easier. Less players I like to decide between, more of a " I have to take which asshole" mentality. :smile:
I've been trying to prevent so, but with my first time running it I try to give the GMs the benefit of the doubt. And I share similar circumstances. Job, School, social life, internship, etc and I'm still here to help run this as proficiently as I can. I know the majority is passionate, its just about effort. If everyone can just put a bit more effort into this (making boards, showing up in time, etc) this can be fun.
