The TheWookieeBronco of Broncosforums.com has made a case for why the Broncos need to draft a runningback early in the 2008 draft.
His contention is that while the team might have defensive and other needs, that without a top notch runningback a team is not going to go all the way. He supports the idea of first ensuring the team has a young QB, WR, LT and RB that can grow and develop together, and then build the rest of the team around that offensive sub-unit.
Ultimately, he believes that the Broncos should draft Jonathon Stewart.
Here is an excerpt from his article in the Broncosforums articles forum:
These questions can all be answered in one draft pick. The Denver Broncos offense can have the second to final piece, a left tackle being the other piece, needed to make this offense great in one draft pick. The Broncos can have a future “lead the league in rushing” running back with one pick. All they need to do is select Jonathan Stewart with the #12 pick. I’m not here to persuade you into why the Broncos should draft Jonathan Stewart over Rashard Mendenhall, I’ll leave that to one of our draft analysts. But I will argue why the Broncos should draft a running back over a Linebacker or an Offensive lineman.
Now I’ve been complaining about our offensive line for a while now, what needs to be understood is that this draft class is full of first round quality offensive tackles. Drafting a quality offensive tackle in the very late first round or early second round will be possible. The options are to try and get another first round pick, or to try and trade up for a higher second round pick. Both are options that could occur depending on circumstances that could possibly arise over the off-season. Pairing a young QB, a young RB, a young WR and a young LT will let the future of the offense bond together. Then to address some other needs, the Broncos could pull a trade for Marcus Stroud, sign WR Bryant Johnson and draft a young linebacker by acquiring a third round pick. This would put the Broncos in a good position because the major needs will be filled with young talent.
Do you see what Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch have done in their rookie season? Wouldn’t you like that for the Broncos? Or would you like to be like the Detroit Lions, close but not close enough, failing miserably because you have no running game.
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