What Is Going to Happen to the Running Back Position?
The Ringer NFL Show
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The Importance of Positional Value in the NFL
The Bears gave Polkamet 50 million dollars over four years and he's not one of the top 10 tight ends in the league right like he just didn't. Derek Henry's contract that's the third best running back contract right now he got 50 million dollars over four years. The Raiders can make Josh Jacob the top five paid running back and it would not move the needle at all according to Mike Downey. It is going to be challenging for an NFL team to pay their top running backs relative to the existing market also you're not wrong from a player value perspective when you look at it on a spreadsheet but you are absolutely incorrect if you think about how much money these guys get
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