Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy?

JustInTime wrote:

Welcome to the club. Was disappointed when he didn’t declare last year. Prototypical size. Should run I’m the high 4.3 range. WR hands. MB and I have been chopping it up on RBs for a couple months now. RB1? Yeah, I think so.

Nah, I like this plan better, drafting in next year's Draft.....I predicted they'd not Draft ANY RB this year, why would they? RBs appear every year in the Draft and late round 1 is a great place to get great value for a RB. AJ and Mason are perfect for this season IMO. Always was the plan to wait until '26 Draft. They'll be perfectly positioned in round 1 to pull it off.

MAD GAINZ wrote:


Jordan Mason graded strong as a pass protector.  If Aaron Jones misses time, it'll be him in on passing downs not Chandler.

And why are we all of a sudden shitting on Chandler?  He hasn't been great as a change of pace guy, but he's done well as a rusher and pass catcher when given double digit touches.  Is he a stud?  No, but not many teams have a guy like that sitting 3rd on their depth chart.

Yeah put me in the 'I don't understand the RB panic' crowd with some posters. The Vikings didn't draft a RB....AT ALL last spring. How much of a concern do they think it is then? They don't obviously, not for 2025. I'm sure the target was always 2026. The ol' if someone gets injured game applies to basically every position.

This is probably CJ Ham's last year in purple, will be 32 years old in a few weeks. Contract ends the end of this season.

I think the run game is going to look very good with the Jones/Mason combo for 2025, but I'll be very interested to do a deep dive on the RB position next Spring before the Draft. See who the late climbers are. 2 weeks until TC opens....