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Originally Posted by jettio
I disagree about FB, seems like wherever an outstanding FB like T-Rich or Lorenzo Neal changes teams, the departed team loses more and the new team improves its W-L.
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Two points.
First, positional value is the degree to which an above average or good player improves yoru team's chances of winning, and conversely the degree to which a bad player at the position hurts your team's chances of winning.
In the 2008 NFL, FB has all but been eliminated by many teams that prefer 3 and 4 wide sets, two TEs and other approaches. The Patriots have won three Super Bowls this decade with NO FULLBACK AT ALL. Lead blockers were essentially bottom roster feeder RBs or OLs or DEs (Richard Seymour played some FB).
If you can completely ignore the position, then it's obviously not that important. Sure, a VERY good FB can help you out, but then the question is whether a run-oriented offense is even a good approach in the modern NFL. There's something of an argument that it's not.