1.14 Houston Tethered Swimmers - RB Darwin Thompson

The Tethered Swimmers had one of the worst runs of late-season bad luck in recent memory (Kareem Hunt cut, Cam Newton hurt, Kerryon Johnson hurt).  And as if that wasn’t bad enough, there’s Tyreek Hill’s domestic abuse issues—issues that date back to his college days.  And now for the first eye-popper pick of this draft—Thompson, a running back who went in Round 6 of April’s NFL Draft.  This is clearly a swing for the fences.  A lot of fantasy rookie mock drafts had Thompson going higher than in pre-NFL Draft mocks, due to landing in Kansas City’s Hunt-free backfield, but not this high!  In fairness, Jeff Rathburn may not have expected Mecole Hardman to get picked right before their pick, but anyway, he passed on a few higher-graded wide receivers to get Thompson.