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[QUOTE="nomar, post: 2876535, member: 651"]
Well, sure. But it's not like that was our only chance to take a QB. And we're not a QB away from the Super Bowl. This team stinks right now. We can find one in the offseason. I get that there were a number of QBs available, but if Gettleman didn't love any of them, then he didn't love any of them.

My Moneyball point was that the conventional wisdom has become that RBs aren't worth the money (although Zeke and Gurley were drafted early), but that consensus is based on an assumption of what a guy lining up as a 2- or 3-down RB is. Gurley's more of a pass catcher than Elliott is, but Barkley's a threat to catch 100 passes. Some of that may be a function of Eli checking down all the time, but the dude runs routes and catches long balls too. So you've got a guy you can move around on the field and change the dynamic. Like I said earlier, if he's just "very good" (i.e., top-10 RB) then I agree that a #2 pick won't have been worth it. And if Sam Darnold or Josh Rosen turn into Pro Bowl QBs, that'll change the analysis, too.
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