Did you know Connor Barwin led all Rookie DLinemen in Sacks ?

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by chuck

We all know that you can get productive RBs later if you know what you're doing. We all know that many if not most of the elite RBs in the league today were taken in the first round. The question is can you afford to take an elite RB in the first. RBs have a limited shelf life. Had the Texans taken an RB with their first pick in 2003, McGahee, for example, that poor bastard would be in a wheelchair now.

In busines/economics terminology that's called "opportunity cost", i.e., in this context what is the cost of forgoing the opportunity to use the very valuable first-round pick to select a player of higher positional value like CB, LT, etc. than using it on a running back ?