![]() ![]() or Rashaad Penny, RB, SEA salaries of 6, 9, 14, 21, 31 for the next five years. These two backs actually landed in pretty exciting situations. I have the chance to keep: Sony Michel, RB, NE, with salaries of 7, 11, 16, 24, 36 out of 100 for the next five years. I penciled in Michel one tier below Penny, but we’ll know much more as summer progresses. Michel likely projects best as a committee back anyway, and there’s no better place for that than in an explosive, uptempo offense like New England’s. It’s not exactly an ideal situation given they have a few capable RBs, but none are standouts. It’s easy to get excited about a high-pedigreed back featured in the Pats’ system. But he clearly has big time talent, and the team bolstered its offensive line by drafting Isaiah Wynn earlier in Round 1. He also had a bad fumbling problem in college and caught just nine balls last year. He has some medical red flags with a bone-on-bone condition in his knee a ccording to The Ringer’s Mike Lombardi (although more of a long-term concern). ![]() 31 pick (passing on Lamar Jackson for the second time in the process), and while Sony Michel likely immediately moves atop New England’s depth chart, he also carries some negatives. The Patriots surprised everybody by also taking a running back with the No. I’ve initially put him in the 15-20 range on my running back board. The competition for touches is weak, so Penny should be able to make an immediate impact. He scored 25 touchdowns last season and finished his collegiate career with an impressive 7.5 YPC mark. Penny needs to improve his blocking and as a receiver, but he’s fast (his Speed Score was in the 92nd percentile), breaks a lot of tackles and should fit well in Seattle’s zone-blocking scheme. While Penny won’t have a great offensive line blocking in front of him, he’ll benefit from the elusive Russell Wilson at QB, and most importantly, he should receive a heavy workload immediately. 27 pick, and while the team clearly needed to upgrade its backfield, Seattle bypassed many other pressing issues (and other RBs many others predicted would go higher) to grab the San Diego State runner, so they clearly are high on him. While Saquon Barkley is the obvious top fantasy rookie (and will be worthy of a first round pick in drafts this season), next up are Rashaad Penny and Sony Michel, rounding out the three running backs taken during the first round of this year’s draft.
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