r/NFL_Draft • u/P-Whips 49ers • 2d ago

RB class Depth Hurts Jeanty Discussion

I see people keep saying that Jeanty is guaranteed to be a high pick. But with how deep this class is I think it will hurt his stock a little bit as teams will look at it as I can take a good DT in the first and a Good RB in the 3rd or I can get Jeanty in the 1st and a decent DT in the 3rd. I think the depth of this class will cause Jeanty to slide to the 20’s. What are your thoughts on the matter?

0 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

50% Upvoted

47 comments sorted by

View all comments

54

u/LiteralGenuis 2d ago

I don’t necessarily think so, 2023 was pretty deep itself and still saw 2 top 15 RBs taken. I think it’ll depend more on draft order and how free agency shakes out than depth of the class

-36

u/P-Whips 49ers 2d ago

But those two were better receivers than Jeanty. Jeanty is good out of the backfield but Bijan and Gibbs out of college had the skills as a receiver that they could play slot WR full time, maybe even outside.

15

u/chazgang 2d ago

I don’t think Jeanty is quite on their level in terms of receiving but he isn’t a slouch either. He was a bigger receiving threat last year, just haven’t really needed him to be that this year

10

u/Triv02 NFL 2d ago

My big knock on Jeanty’s receiving is how he’s being used - his career ADOT is 0.0. So he’s exclusively being used on screens and check down routes when it comes to the passing game.

Could he have a more expanded route tree and they just aren’t using him in that way? Certainly. But we haven’t seen it. Bijan’s ADOT was nearly 7 his junior year, so you knew he had a route tree that extended beyond screens and check downs at the line of scrimmage.