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Teams that have a critical need
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys are publicly flirting with the idea of reuniting with Ezekiel Elliott. So, yes, they have a need at running back. Right now, Rico Dowdle and Deuce Vaughn sit atop the depth chart. Neither profiles as a feature back. This draft class doesn’t have a Round 1-graded running back but has a decent crop of Day 2 options. The Cowboys drafting one of those guys would cause that player’s fantasy ADP to launch up the board come August.
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers are on a mission to remake their run game this season after ranking 32nd in rushing EPA last season. The fantasy community seems to have already developed a weird tick with this new coaching staff wanting to build up a good run game but the stats show it’s something the Chargers didn’t have last year. Reaching that goal will require more than just adding new running backs but that’s a part of the process. Gus Edwards was a nice signing as a bruising back who can own goal-line work but holdover Isaiah Spiller is the only other guy on the depth chart. The Chargers have to be considered a favorite to add a back on Day 2.
New York Giants
New York allowed Saquon Barkley to walk and land with a division rival. So far, the only response has been to sign Devin Singletary to a three-year deal. Singletary is a solid rotational back who can get the job done and has familiarity with Brian Daboll but that cannot be the only move coming. New York has one pick in each of the first five rounds of the draft and I can’t imagine it not adding a young runner to the mix.
Teams that have a moderate need
Chicago Bears
The Bears invested significantly in the first moments of free agency in former Eagles back D’Andre Swift. He enters a room that already had a capable, but limited, back in Khalil Herbert and a 2023 rookie in Roschon Johnson….
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Publish date : 2024-04-04 22:30:45
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