Why does the focus need to be on defense?

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Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

I don't want to belabor the point because I still believe 2 things:
1. We absolutely need to pick defense in the first round.
2. Leonard Fournette will not be there when we pick.

But just for fun, when watching those film breakdowns of Cook and Fournette, I'm not sold on Cook at all. Here's the video of Fournette (the one on cook posted previously in the thread). Watch them side by side. Fournette is a killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ortq29_UU

After watching a lot of Fournette vs Cook videos, it reminds me of the Edge vs Ricky Williams debate.

Williams was the better pure runner in his college career being able to juke folks, power over folks or just plain pull away from them in the open field.

Edge had less raw running power displayed in college but was much better out of the backfield on pass routes and a better pass blocker.

Everyone felt that Williams was a slam dunk winner in the NFL. Most felt like James would be a "nice" NFL back but not a game changer.

Now, I am not predicting that either Fournette or Cook will/will not succeed in the NFL....but the similarities between their discussion and the Williams / Edge discussion are many.

Cheers,