February-March is so hard if you aren't a basketball fan (and I barely am, if the Bulls aren't any good). No baseball, post-Superbowl there's like....nothing going on, unless you're a nerd and get into Spring Training.
RE: Running backs and the draft, the first draft I really ever paid attention to was 2005 - and what a difference 20 years makes: there were 3 RBs drafted in the first 5 picks (including Chicago Bears bust Cedric Benson). That's unthinkable in this day and age. But we are seeing a resurgence and acknowledgment that top line RB talent is a difference maker. I don't think we'll ever see 3 RBs in the top 5 ever again, but we will see running back reprioritized in a new way.