Again I think he's a fantastic player. I've never once disputed that. But he's not worth the 30 million guaruntee to be taken #1 over all, by us, unless it's 100% sure he's the next Barry Sanders.
Felix Jones, Chris Johnson, Mendenhal, and Slaton all seem, just like DMac, to have great vision and ability to make people miss. Johnson fumbles to much, grant you, but I don't think Jones, Mendenhal and Slaton are exactly fumbling machines.
If DMac were the ONLY good/great back in this draft then I'd be more than willing to go with you on this, at least a little more anyway, but with this draft being so full of guys who can do all these same things then I dont see the point of giving up a proven player, a pick, and 30 million dollars (Impacting our cap situation greatly) for him.
And, again, the fear of him throwing is not going to be that great. He threw 11 passes in 3 years of college. That means, like with LT, he average 2-3 passes a year. I can assure you that DBacks and Safeties are not sitting there thinking about LT throwing the ball every time he takes a hand off. They know, like everyone else does, that LT is not going to throw very often and only in certain situations (Such as near the goal line).
It just doesn't make sense to do that.
