Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
The difference is RBs suffer wear and tear that is specific to their position and largely dependent upon the team's playcalling.
Teams are incentivized to chew RBs up and spit them out through overuse and that's not true with middle LBs and long snappers.
I think there's a real fairness-based case to be made in terms of exempting them from the franchise tag and I'd be in favor of it. That said, I doubt it'll ever develop traction.
It seems to me that RBs should be wanting the franchise tag at this point. 1 year, $10M guaranteed? The best non-franchise player RB contract handed out this year was for Miles Sanders and it was like 4 years for $25M, $13M guaranteed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
The difference is RBs suffer wear and tear that is specific to their position and largely dependent upon the team's playcalling.
Teams are incentivized to chew RBs up and spit them out through overuse and that's not true with middle LBs and long snappers.
I think there's a real fairness-based case to be made in terms of exempting them from the franchise tag and I'd be in favor of it. That said, I doubt it'll ever develop traction.
You'd have to throw it in there that their rookie contract is higher to make it matter, since most are worn out by the end of that contract. [Reply]
Originally Posted by wazu:
It seems to me that RBs should be wanting the franchise tag at this point. 1 year, $10M guaranteed? The best non-franchise player RB contract handed out this year was for Miles Sanders and it was like 4 years for $25M, $13M guaranteed.
But that’s largely because the best RBs were the ones who were tagged and thus didn’t get to hit the open market.
The gap between Saquon and Sanders is huge. [Reply]
It’s a passing league. The only RBs that are worth anything significant are the triple threat ones that can run catch and protect the ball. All at elite levels. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BossChief:
It’s a passing league. The only RBs that are worth anything significant are the triple threat ones that can run catch and protect the ball. All at elite levels.
Austin Ekeler is bitching and he did catch 100 balls last year....the funny thing though Ekeler only got a shot because Gordon bitched about money so he was replaced...Ekeler is literally bitching about the system that gave him his chance. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Austin Ekeler is bitching and he did catch 100 balls last year....the funny thing though Ekeler only got a shot because Gordon bitched about money so he was replaced...Ekeler is literally bitching about the system that gave him his chance.
Originally Posted by BossChief:
It’s a passing league. The only RBs that are worth anything significant are the triple threat ones that can run catch and protect the ball. All at elite levels.
