Is the running back class really THAT bad?

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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4.7 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks with SI On NFL Draft analyst Justin Melo about his running back rankings. Would it make sense for the Vikings to trade up to take Jeremiyah Love? Where should Jadarian Price go? Who's the third best running back in this class? Plus two running backs that Justin really likes the fit with the Minnesota Vikings. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider presented by Fanduel,
0:18.7	Matthew Collar here.
0:19.7	And today on the show, Justin Mello of NFL Draft on SI.
0:24.2	We're going to talk running backs.
0:26.0	Let's go.
0:27.2	All right.
0:27.6	We welcome into the show for the first time ever.
0:31.0	Justin Mello, NFL draft on S.I.
0:34.1	He has just released his top 10 running backs in the NFL draft.
0:39.0	And Justin, I have been offering this challenged.
0:41.5	Every guest, please talk me into this running back class, not being as bad as everyone says.
0:48.3	Can you do it?
0:49.3	Or is it really as bad as everyone says?
0:52.2	Well, I don't think it's great.
0:53.9	I certainly think the gap between the best player at the position and the next best
0:59.3	player at the position is gigantic, right?
1:02.5	It's a crater size hole.
1:03.6	It doesn't get any bigger, really.
1:05.3	When you look at the best player and the second best player at any other position, I don't
1:09.1	know, maybe at quarterback, obviously,
1:11.4	but I don't know that there's many of them where the gap is as large as it is at running back.
1:16.6	Now, maybe I'm just too much of an NFL draft nerd because there are a couple of mid-round
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