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Most lists summarizing the Buffalo Bills offensive needs heading into next week s draft include the running back position.
The Bills run game was a mediocre operation averaging 4.2 yards per carry (23rd in NFL) for 1,723 yards (20th) last year. There was no question that Buffalo s potent offense rested on the arm of Josh Allen.
Despite the desire to improve that rushing attack in 2021, GM Brandon Beane told reporters Wednesday that he likes his current group of backs and isn t going to press to snag a running back early in the draft, including with the No. 30 overall pick. I m not going into this draft going, Man we got to find some back here in the top few rounds or anything like that, Beane said, via New York Upstate.
Most of college football’s best players leave school after their junior season. Last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic wrecking havoc on the sport, some didn’t make it to their third year at all.
But as fashionable as it has become to leave school early, several of this year’s top running backs bucked that trend.
Alabama’s Najee Harris bypassed the NFL draft after a strong junior season and led the Crimson Tide to the national championship in January. Ohio State’s Trey Sermon went a step further, playing last season as a graduate transfer with the Buckeyes after starting his career at Oklahoma. And Clemson’s Travis Etienne shocked observers everywhere when he opted to return for his senior season with the Tigers.
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Losing Saquon Barkley in Week 2 of the 2020 season proved to be a devastating turn of events for the New York Giants, who finished with the NFL’s 31st-ranked offense in points scored and yards.
2021 NFL Mock Draft: Kiper and McShay joint-ESPN three-round projection lands Dolphins WR early
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The 2021 NFL Draft kicks off next week. We are nearly there as we all work our way through Mock Draft Season. As we are reaching the culmination of projections, predictions, assumptions, and smoke screens, ESPN’s Mel Kiper, Jr. and Todd McShay have released a three-round, joint 2021 NFL Mock Draft, alternating picks throughout the process. They stress that this is what they would do as the general manager for each team, not what they think the team will actually do based on sources or rumors.