Taylor, Swift Landing Spots
It would have made perfect sense to see Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor and Georgia’s D’Andre Swift both come off the board in the first round, but in today’s NFL, it’s also not surprising to see running backs slip on draft day.
But it wasn’t the fact that Swift and Taylor waited until early in the second round to hear their names called, it’s where they ended up. Swift went to the Detroit Lions at No. 35 overall, despite the fact that Kerryon Johnson was a second-round pick just two years ago. Taylor fell to the Indianapolis Colts, who traded up to grab him at No. 41 overall, despite the presence of a productive and talented three-down back in Marlon Mack.
These picks were both great values overall, and they immediately make both offenses much better. Fantasy owners expected them to land with teams that would have featured them as workhorses from Day 1, though, and that won’t happen now.