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At this point , just take the RB position out the game then . The ones that want to be great & work as hard as they can to give their all to an organization , just seems like it don’t even matter . I’m with every RB that’s fighting to get what they deserve . https://t.co/OgvBWZCKvn
— Derrick Henry (@KingHenry_2) July 17, 2023
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They have been seething for a good 10 years. Then Bell went and proved GMs right.
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killing the franchise tag is a better idea. frick the owners.
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That’s up to NFLPA to negotiate. They’re dumbasses for not getting it removed.
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the game has evolved to where RBs don't really matter much unless you have the absolute best in the league
the rules and penalty enforcement encourage slangin' and bangin' way more than establishing a ground game
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All I do is get mad at RB in Fantasy for either pooping the bed or ripping through D lines like a 1000 degree pitbull through a small child.
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RBs are still important. It's just that their shelf life tends to be really low but for some reason they've been getting huge contracts.
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Just learn to catch sweaty
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I mean, good backs get used more like tight ends sometimes, but that doesn't make running backs obsolete. Who else are you going to hand of the ball to? Part of their position is having them as a threat that just might grab the ball and run really fast past your line if you don't account for them.
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I am a casual when it comes to football, and i love seeing a dude break free and just run the whole field and showboat. But i do feel bad for RBs. They just get the most brutal injuries so frequently by the nature of their position. Its crazy that being a 30 year old back is a bordeline miracle
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Oh yeah, it's an absolutely brutal position. I'm sure it's horrible for your body both in physical injuries and CTE type shit.
RB's struggle to get like 12 million/ year now. QB's get several times that as a signing bonus
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Are NFL contracts fully guaranteed yet? I know no owned wants to pay a guy to blows his ACL 2 weeks into every season, but it is sad to see an athlete lose their enite life by the time they're 23
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Nope. They can still have a lot of conditions attached.
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I don't really know any details. I think it's usually guaranteed that you get x amount for y long, and usually you're stuck with the player unless you have another team willing to buy their contract.
I think the players that make it have a pretty good negotiating position.
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I see. I thought it was one of those leagues that at least one point used to guarantee like maybe 20% of the salary, the frick em if they dont play. Kind of an insurance policy for ownership in a sport where guys get hurt real bad, but there is a good chance i am wrong, or its since been ammended to be like all the other NA sports.
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You can get a rookie to do that, it doesn’t require a top tier salary
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Lol jacobs and what’s his name on the cowboys are not amongst the best players in the league period. They probably aren’t even top 50
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I don't speak sportball. What does franchise tag mean?
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https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/nfl-franchise-tag-what-you-need-to-know/200107/?amp=1
Basically you get to retain a player for a year before they hit free agency if you pay them for top tier for their position. The issue is that position has depreciated over the years and the shelf life is very short. Most players are out of the league before their second contract (theoretically their biggest).
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NOT FUNNY. I DIDN'T LAUGH. YOUR CHUD EVENT WAS SO BAD I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED WE GOT RID OF THE CHUD AWARD ENTIRELY. TO BE HONEST THIS IS A HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO GET A LAUGH OUT OF ME. NOT A CHUCKLE, NOT A HEHE, NOT EVEN A SUBTLE BURST OF AIR OUT OF MY ESOPHAGUS. SCIENCE SAYS BEFORE YOU LAUGH YOUR BRAIN PREPS YOUR FACE MUSCLES BUT I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL THE SLIGHTEST TWITCH. 0/10 THIS EVENT WAS SO BAD I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE LEGALLY ALLOWED CARP TO BE A JANNIE AT ALL! THE AMOUNT OF BRAIN POWER Y'ALL MUST HAVE PUT INTO THAT EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO POWER EVERY HOUSE ON EARTH. GET A PERSONALITY AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE AN EVENT, READ A BOOK. I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO BE FUNNY I GENUINELY MEAN IT ON HOW THIS IS JUST BOTTOM BARREL EMBARRASSMENT AT COMEDY. YOU'VE SINGLE HANDEDLY KILLED RDRAMA AND EVERY GAY DATING WEBSITE ON THE PLANET. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED THAT SOCIETY HAS FAILED AS A WHOLE IN BEING ABLE TO TEACH YOU HOW TO BE FUNNY. HONESTLY IF I PUT IN ALL MY POWER AND TIME TO TRY AND MAKE YOUR CHUD EVENT FUNNY IT WOULD REQUIRE EINSTEIN HIMSELF TO BUILD A DEVICE TO STRAP ME INTO SO I CAN BE CONNECTED TO THE ENERGY OF A BILLION STARS TO DO IT, AND EVEN THEN ALL THAT JOKE WOULD GET FROM DRAMA USERS IS A SUBTLE SCUFF. YOU'RE LUCKY I STILL HAVE THE SLIGHTEST OF EMPATHY FOR YOU CARP AFTER THAT SHITTY FRICKING EVENT OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE COMMITTED EVERY WAR CRIME IN THE BOOK JUST TO PREVENT YOU FROM ATTEMPTING ANY HUMOR EVER AGAIN. WE SHOULD PUT THAT EVENT IN TEXT BOOKS SO FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE WARY OF BECOMING SUCH AN ABSOLUTE COMEDIC FAILURE. IM DISAPPOINTED, HURT, AND OUTRIGHT OFFENDED THAT MY PRECIOUS TIME. MY PATHETIC BRAIN WAS STUCK TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHUD AWARD TEXT WAS EVEN TRYING TO SAY! IN THE TIME THAT EVENT TOOK PLACE, CARP, I WAS PLANNING ON HELPING TRANS KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN ORPHANED BECAUSE OF CHUD PARENTS, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT R-SLURRED FRICKING EVENT YOU'VE WASTED MY TIME. NOW THOSE TRANS KIDS ARE SUFFERING WITHOUT HRT AND THERE'S NOBODY TO BLAME BUT YOU CARP. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. PLEASE DEMOP YOURSELF AND GIVE IT TO ME.
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