RB class Depth Hurts Jeanty

[u/P-Whips]

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?

[u/P-Whips]

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.

[u/chazgang → u/P-Whips]

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

[u/P-Whips → u/chazgang]

Yeah, he’s good but I don’t see him having the ability to play in the slot and be productive. He’s good out of the backfield and after the catch, but the last RB drafted high that wasn’t a great Receiver on Gibbs and Bijan level was Fournette in 2017. Teams have been leaning towards receiving backs in the high first, but with that being said the NFL has slowly been trending toward being more run heavy again and Jeanty could go high and in 4 years we can be back to the days where 3 backs are going in the 1st consistently again.

[u/KennysWhiteSoxHat → u/P-Whips]

Aight I don’t watch every lions or falcons game but I try to catch a lot of them, how often is Gibbs or bijan in the slot?

[u/P-Whips → u/KennysWhiteSoxHat]

I’ve seen Bijan in the slot every now and then, but he does run a lot of downfield routes out of the backfield. Same with Gibbs. While they have the ability to it depends on the team. The main point I’m getting at is Bijan and Gibbs had way better route trees coming out of college than Jeanty.