... has to evaluate a player's worth and guess how long that player will last on the draft board.  Reaching for a player is a treacherous error, but taking a player at a decent value position is also bad news if the player would've been there in the following round. Don't overpay.

Here are 5 running backs (in no particular order) I believe provide excellent value:

1) Leon Washington - Jets
Washington is going somewhere between pick 120 and 130, when his worth is much higher.  Favre has left the Jets and the increased emphasis on running could wear veteran Thomas Jones down.  Washington has proven his worth in the past and will see an increased role this year.  He could justifiably be taken somewhere betwe...

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