The Fall of the Running Back

Running backs used to be among the most famous — and best-paid — players in football. But the game has changed and so has their status. Today on “Post Reports,” what that means for the sport and these players — and how they might be able to change it. 

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The traditional running back has moved to the margins. The position is dangerous and injury-prone, but increasingly NFL teams are finding it makes business sense not to commit to these players long-term. 

Feeling underappreciated and underpaid, running backs have started trying to push back. 

On a recent Zoom meeting in which running backs commiserated about their shrinking market, Cleveland Browns star Nick Chubb admitted to reporters, “Right now, there’s really nothing we can do.” 

Today on “Post Reports,” sports columnist Jerry Brewer breaks it down

and tells us what could happen next.