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The NFL Likes Running Backs Again. Kinda, Sorta.

It’s no secret that running backs have been falling out of favor on draft day since the NFL’s pre-1980s ground-and-pound era. The amount of draft value invested in the position has declined continuously over the last half-century. This reached a low point in 2014 when not a single running back was taken in the first […]

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The NFL Likes Running Backs Again. Kinda, Sorta.

It’s no secret that running backs have been falling out of favor on draft day since the NFL’s pre-1980s ground-and-pound era. The amount of draft value invested in the position has declined continuously over the last half-century. This reached a low point in 2014 when not a single running back was taken in the first […]

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