Chicago Bears fans who hope GM Ryan Poles will spend the team's first-round pick on a premium position better buckle up. According to NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah, the Bears are in the mix to select Texas running back Bijan Robinson at No. 9.
“Somebody told me don’t sleep on Bijan (Robinson) with (the Bears),” Jeremiah said on Peter Schrager’s podcast, The Season. “Even though they have some backs they can line up and play with, they don’t have anyone like (Robinson). That would be one I wouldn’t sleep on with them.”
Robinson was one of the four players I said would be an ideal pick for the Chicago Bears in Round 1, so it wouldn't shock me if Poles pulls the trigger on the do-it-all running back.
Sure, starting running backs can be found in the middle rounds of the NFL Draft. And with the pounding they take early in their careers, the lifespan of an early-round running back is short. The goal for every GM is to land a multiple-contract player in the first round, a running back inherently isn't that.
But not every running back can do what Bijan Robinson does.