Rookie Draft: How valuable is #1? (1 Viewer)

[kutta]

This is why I did it. The facts are; Barkley went 1.02 in the real NFL draft, he has high character, and he's a receiving threat out of the backfield, all of these things bring his floor to a level where I'm comfortable taking the risk. Did Gurley's value drop much after a ####ty second season? Not really, he was still going late 1st - early 2nd in most startups.

We wouldn't be having this discussion if DJ was 24. He's not, unfortunately. You could argue he's the riskier asset to own, IMO. 

I’m a Cardinals season ticket holder and sold DJ for the 1.01 and 2.01 a couple months back. But I would have swapped straight up if he wouldn’t have accepted the 2.01 also.

DJ has changed coaches and QB’s. We have no idea how the new staff will use him. He’s much older than Barkley and probably only has 2 or 3 really good years left.

It killed me to trade him because I love the guy and he won me a championship a couple years ago. But when we talk about risk, I’d say the two are pretty equal. I’ll err on the side of youth.