Quote:Ap makes about 12m a year on his current deal, but I do have to wonder if he will be back in Minnesota this year. The fiasco with the child beating allegations may have irreparably severed his connection to that team.


As for other top flight running backs LeSean McCoy's deal averages about 9m a season, Arian Foster, 8.7m, Beast Mode 7.5m, Jamaal Charles 6.9m.


Clearly DeMarco Murray is looking to cash in on his one year of success. Personally I think it would be a mistake to reach for this guy and pay him a ton of dough. My main concern with signing him is his lackadaisical approach to ball security. He fumbles all the time. To me that is a bad sign.


There are a lot of free agent running backs that the Jags could look at. Justin Forsett of the Ravens, Stevan Ridley of the Patriots, Frank Gore of the 49ers (getting old though), the aforementioned Demarco Murray, etc.


Forsett is the one I would target if I were in the Jags front office. Obviously the Ravens are going to have first crack at getting a deal done, but the guy is coming off a strong season and might be had in that 6 million dollar range vs Murray who is probably looking for 8-9 million a year (which he won't get - as rb's are no longer considered a premium commodity).