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NFL Draft Preview: RBs

Trent Richardson is great, but worth a high pick?

Value of running backs is in question

By Shalise Manza Young

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 20, 2012

Trent Richardson is certainly talented, but in the new pass-happy NFL, is it worth spending a high first-round pick on a running back?

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