For all the hand-wringing about the Jets’ plurality of options on offense and how that could affect his usage, the lead running back (and he will be the lead running back sooner rather than later) on a team that might be able score but not play a lick of defense is a huge asset before you consider his considerable running skills, which have been favorably compared to those of Jonathan Taylor. That made Hall the 1.1 by a decent margin. I was already set to leapfrog the running backs above Malik Willis, then the NFL Draft came along and pushed Willis even further down the list. This is just one man’s collection of thoughts, liable to change at any moment. If that’s not your bag, simply adjust the numbers in your head.
If this list is geared in any particular way, it’s toward teams that are not necessarily competing this year but plan to in another season’s time, which gives the running backs and quarterbacks a little bit more time to get seasoning. A team competing soon, while unlikely to be picking high, will have different needs than one competing later on, and past the middle of the second round anyway pretty much everyone is interchangeable, to a point. But it’s important to note that one size does not fit all. All of which leads to some major changes from my previous rankings, especially at the top. The NFL Draft is out of the way, and we finally have some context for rookie drafts.
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