He would be a good RB to pick up, runs hard, can catch passes, good feet, gets a lot of yards after contact running up the middle...winner/good football player listed as running a 4.65 40 but I've also read 4.55 (which is about what Emmitt Smith ran so no, it's not slow).
5'11" 235. A little bit like Kyle Eckel so may be redundant.
Probably 4th round pick or so.
Another option is to trade down into the late 1st (say Dallas' two picks) and pick Rashad Mendenhall of Illinois who is a tough, hard to tackle runner. And with the other pick, pick up a LB or CB.
If they do draft a RB really high, I could see them trading Maroney to Denver or something. "No! We don't want to help Denver!". Yes, we would for a draft pick or two if he's not going to do anything here. I just don't think he has the build for running in the trash amongst huge DL with NO holes. Plus every time he's in it's kind of a giveaway that it's going to be a run...so they overplay the run. If he could catch passes and block then he could be more of an every down back instead of the "Maroney's in, it's a running play" back.
5'11" 235. A little bit like Kyle Eckel so may be redundant.
Probably 4th round pick or so.
Another option is to trade down into the late 1st (say Dallas' two picks) and pick Rashad Mendenhall of Illinois who is a tough, hard to tackle runner. And with the other pick, pick up a LB or CB.
If they do draft a RB really high, I could see them trading Maroney to Denver or something. "No! We don't want to help Denver!". Yes, we would for a draft pick or two if he's not going to do anything here. I just don't think he has the build for running in the trash amongst huge DL with NO holes. Plus every time he's in it's kind of a giveaway that it's going to be a run...so they overplay the run. If he could catch passes and block then he could be more of an every down back instead of the "Maroney's in, it's a running play" back.