Top 5 RB

LasVegasWally · 2018-02-12T13:21:42-08:00

Here's the next one. https://www.ninersnation.com/2018/2/12/17002770/2018-nfl-combine-preview-top-5-running-backs-sleepers Thoughts??

Feb 12, 2018 at 1:38 PM

genus49
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Top 4 are pretty obvious IMO. I would however flip Michel and Jones and I'd have Penny as #5.

Feb 12, 2018 at 7:04 PM

NYniner85
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Are your loins girded?

They better be, because my pre-combine top 8 running back rankings are here, with an in-depth breakdown behind my grading process and how I reached conclusions/rankings on the top backs in the classhttps://t.co/0oj4QUJgkR
— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) February 13, 2018

Feb 13, 2018 at 7:26 AM

Rathof44
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Looks about right. I'd have Kerryon Johnson at 5.

Feb 13, 2018 at 7:57 AM

Dillesq
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I'm having a hard time not putting John Kelly from Tennessee at 5. He's gonna be a steal in the late rounds.

Feb 13, 2018 at 7:59 AM

jersey49er
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Originally posted by Dillesq:
I'm having a hard time not putting John Kelly from Tennessee at 5. He's gonna be a steal in the late rounds.

I think that about Mark Walton out of the U, tho he will go in the 3rd-4th round..

Feb 13, 2018 at 8:07 AM

StubbyNBY
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I have Ronald Jones #2 but I can understand having Guice #2. I thin both will be very good NFL RB's. I am not that big on Michel. I am big on Penny and I think Kerryon Johnson will be the 4th RB off the board and a solid second round pick.

Feb 13, 2018 at 8:12 AM

Heroism
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Originally posted by Dillesq:
I'm having a hard time not putting John Kelly from Tennessee at 5. He's gonna be a steal in the late rounds.

I absolutely love this kid. He's probably my favorite back after RoJo. He has a lot of the same attributes that I liked in Kareem Hunt.

[ Edited by Heroism on Feb 13, 2018 at 8:19 AM ]

Feb 13, 2018 at 8:18 AM

Dillesq
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Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Dillesq:
I'm having a hard time not putting John Kelly from Tennessee at 5. He's gonna be a steal in the late rounds.

I absolutely love this kid as a RB, but someone posted that he was recently hospitalized for getting into an "altercation" with his girlfriend.

For f**k's sake, I can't take any more red flags players. I'd feel inclined to take him off my board if that's true.

edit - I just looked it up. It was Todd Kelly Jr., not John Kelly. We're good to go.

lmao YES!! I was about to take John all the way off my board.

Feb 13, 2018 at 8:21 AM

Heroism
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Lol, removed that evil from my post.

John Kelly.

Feb 13, 2018 at 9:09 AM

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Ark49er
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It's Barkley if he slides to them or it will be a RB that hasn't been talked about much or if all. It will be a guy who stands out at the combine who's an athletic freak.