Running on Empty: Why Running Backs Have Been Devalued in the NFL

[MightyGiants]

A well done article

https://www.the33rdteam.com/category/analysis/running-back-is-no-longer-premier-position-it-once-was-in-nfl/

[President Rick]

based on this article, we should be paying SB no more than 4 million, probably a lot less, or maybe should have simply let him go onto the open market.  not sure I agree in his case, but in general the article makes sense in a league with a salary cap.

[Ed Vette]

Bring Kareem Hunt in for a visit and see how fast Saquon Barkley comes back to the table.

[Slugsy-Narrows]

SB needs to take a long hard look in the mirror and have a come to Jesus meeting with himself.

He and his agent/team overestimated the market (in our favor) and declined what is now an overpaid high prices out of market offer.

IF he is smart, he crawls back to the Giants and negotiated a FAIR market deal!  He then tells his agent - GO AND GET ME EVERY AND ANY ENDORSEMENT POSSIBLE!!!!  He then markets himself and leveraged the NY market to offset the difference!

Or he risks going to a market with less profile and making again market value with less exposure! 

This RB market isn't turning around in 1 season!  If anything next year he is a year older and worth less and even less if he gets injured or his numbers drop off! 

I get it, he is sour but it's not on the Giants, it's on him and his team, he needs to get over it and do what's right for him now long term!

[MightyGiants]

SB needs to take a long hard look in the mirror and have a come to Jesus meeting with himself.

He and his agent/team overestimated the market (in our favor) and declined what is now an overpaid high prices out of market offer.

IF he is smart, he crawls back to the Giants and negotiated a FAIR market deal!  He then tells his agent - GO AND GET ME EVERY AND ANY ENDORSEMENT POSSIBLE!!!!  He then markets himself and leveraged the NY market to offset the difference!

Or he risks going to a market with less profile and making again market value with less exposure! 

This RB market isn't turning around in 1 season!  If anything next year he is a year older and worth less and even less if he gets injured or his numbers drop off! 

I get it, he is sour but it's not on the Giants, it's on him and his team, he needs to get over it and do what's right for him now long term!

From what I could find on the internet, Barkley is making around $10 million a year in endorsements

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrity-net-worth/2022/08/27/630a24e522601d913b8b4598.html