(07-25-2023, 09:13 AM)Jag88 Wrote: Having a good running game is still really important.

That wasn't the question, though. I think plenty of teams acknowledge the importance of the run game; however, how many teams are going to pay up to keep a guy around versus darfting a new RB when contract talks roll around? How many teams are going to pay a middling WR more than their bell-cow back?

Is there anything that can (or should it?) be done to acknowledge the importance of the run game, especially with the premium backs?

Here's a crazy figure I just noticed - the three tagged RB this year are making just over $10M. Of course, this by definition puts them just behind the top 5 RB salaries in the league. #5 is Aaron Jones, with an 11.5M avg salary. But get this - #6 on the list (excluding the 3 tagged players who were FA) is James Conner at $7M. You would think with top-5 delineation, that the variance from 5 to 6 would be a miniscule difference (for WR, it's $150K!). For RB the difference between 5 and 6 is over 50%! That's some disparity.

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