(07-25-2023, 12:41 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: RBs aren't devalued.  One just got drafted with the 8th pick, another with the 2 pick.  Multiple backs got tagged.  If they were devalued they wouldn't be getting tagged and drafted so early.  Chubb, McCaffrey, Henry, Jones etc. all got long term deals.  It's just a position where the player declines at a younger age than most and teams are trying to protect themselves and get it right when they do

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One thing they could do is take away the franchise tag for RBs

Yeah - they are.

Fewer and fewer productive backs are getting 2nd contracts and the offers they are receiving are not commensurate with their production numbers. Shorter deals as well.  That is a devaluing compared to how the position was formerly treated league-wide. 
If you were a top ten back and your rookie deal ran out - you most likely got paid handsomely 10 years ago. 
Teams are rethinking that methodology now. 

The tags you mentioned actually prove the point. Those guys used to get 4 year deals. Now they are getting tagged because the teams don't intend to keep them around for long. They'll just draft new ones to use up.

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