One of the most recent trends that has seemed to die down a little as of late has been the devaluation of the running back position during the NFL draft. There have been years of discourse about finding a guy in the later rounds of the draft instead of spending valuable draft capital on a guy that could be spent on a “more valuable” position. That trend was certainly bucked during the 2023 draft, where two running backs went in the top half of the first round in Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs. Both rookies made huge impacts on their team. Could that lead to seeing a back taken early this season?
