The state of the running back position in the NFL is at an all-time low. Quality players are losing out on millions of dollars and jobs due to the fact that the league-wide “shelf life” of the position keeps decreasing in age, leading to holdouts, unhappiness, and unsatisfied players.
Following the franchise tag extension deadline that saw both New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley and Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs not agree to terms with their teams, multiple NFL running backs took to Twitter to express their displeasure. Baltimore Ravens running back joined in by retweeting the messages on his own account.
J.K. Dobbins’ last two retweets after a bad day for the NFL’s RB market. He’s set to hit free agency himself after this season: pic.twitter.com/wIrkYC4ZYK
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) July 18, 2023
The latest retweets from Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins
Safe to say that he, like many other NFL running backs, are not happy with how the RB position is currently valued across the league pic.twitter.com/tZ268NGffJ
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) July 18, 2023
