Ep. 186: Running backs of interest at the Combine with Rotoworld’s Josh Norris

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🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Rotoworld draft guru Josh Norris joins JJ Stankevitz on the pod to break down this year’s crop of running backs and which of them could interest the Bears in April’s draft. Plus, Josh offers his thoughts on if a diamond-in-the-rough edge rusher could be available late in the draft and what the Kyler Murray circus will look like this week in Indianapolis.1:30: How deep is this year’s class of running backs? Can the Bears find value in the middle rounds of the draft?3:15: What traits stand out when looking to project pass-catching ability for a running back from college to the pros?4:30: Josh offers a few running backs to watch at the Combine and in the coming months11:00: What portions of testing at the Combine are you looking at for running backs?14:30: How is the class of edge rushers shaping up?16:40: Obligatory…but thoughts on Kyler Murray?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome into a special edition of the Under Center podcast on NBC Sports Chicago. I'm JJ Stankovitz. The NFL Combine gets underway this week in Indianapolis, and while the Bears don't pick until the third round of April's draft, there are plenty of intriguing storylines to follow around Indianapolis
0:22.0	in the coming days. So with that in mind, I'd like to welcome our guests today to the podcast.
0:26.3	It's Josh Norris, who does a tremendous job covering the NFL draft, top to bottom for NBC and
0:33.5	Roto World. You can follow him on Twitter at Josh Norris on Instagram at Josh J. Norris.
0:38.7	Read him on Roto World and be sure to download the Roto World Football Podcast for some awesome
0:43.2	breakdowns of the draft. Josh, thanks so much for the time today.
0:46.9	JJ, I'm just going to copy and paste that ahead of every podcast that I do because you're better
0:53.0	at it than I am. You're better at promoting my own stuff than I am.
0:56.0	Hey, I mean, you do a great job, so I'm happy to promote it.
0:59.8	I appreciate that.
1:00.7	So the Bears, like I mentioned, they don't pick until the third round.
1:04.3	So this is going to be kind of a different combine for the Bears, where, you know,
1:08.2	previous years it was scouting the quarterback, so they're going to take Roquan Smith or Tremaine Edmins or Quentin Nelson.
1:14.1	This year, it almost feels like going into the combine that I'm blindly throwing darts at a board.
1:19.6	So fortunately, you've done a lot more research into this so far than I have.
1:25.3	So I just want to start out.
1:26.9	The running backs are going to be the biggest thing
1:30.3	I think we're going to be following at the combine. So let's start with this. How deep is this class
1:34.7	of running backs shaping up to be? Is it good enough to where a team like the Bears can get good
1:40.9	value in the third or fourth round? For sure.
1:49.4	And I, in fact, if you look back over the last few years, even if we believe it or not,
1:53.0	running back is deep in every single draft class, you know?
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