Except when they don't. People have this idea for some reason you have to be the 2000 Baltimore Ravens to win the SB. That just isn't so. There have been as many as four teams in the past 7-8 years with defenses ranked anywhere from 12-19. The people that thought you had to take some developmental D player there were wrong, plain and simple. Nothing will ever change that, and the more they spin and make excuses, the more this football will be spiked right in their faces.
This is as presumptious as the you must draft defense argument.
Ultimately it all works together. You can't run the ball without playing solid defense.
No running team in the modern era has won withOUT a good defense.
Zeke looks like a complete super stud in every way.
Don't think anyone in Dallas regrets us taking him right now.
But that could change quickly.
End of the day philosophically I would NEVER draft a RB that high.
Same as with a Kicker, TE, Punter, or Guard.
I believe in positional value because the cap details positional bias.
All that said, Dallas has often bucked tradition and in this case it may be a perfect storm that succeeds beautifully.
Zeke is special. That is obvious. Can he remain so long-term at a position not known for that? I just don't know yet.
