Analysis: The NFL has long considered rushers interchangeable, injury-prone and ephemeral.
, which has not been surpassed. A running back who played on the franchise tag five years ago would have made $11.9 million. Even eight years back, an eon ago in terms of how much the salary cap has soared, the tag number for running backs was higher than it is today.
You can’t blame teams for being shy when it comes to doling out huge contracts to running backs. David Johnson parlayed a Pro Bowl campaign in 2016 into a three-year, $39 million contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals. Injuries and declining performance led to his trade to the Houston Texans in 2020. Todd Gurley II, the offensive player of the year in 2017, inked a four-year, $57.5 million extension with the Los Angeles Rams in 2018 and was released two years later.
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