1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,960 Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:04,960 That's right. 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,960 Ramon Dre Stevenson gets paid. 4 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:07,960 All right. 5 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:08,960 Yes. 6 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:09,960 We got some motion. 7 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:10,960 We got some friction. 8 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,200 We got something to talk about folks. 9 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:20,440 What does this mean for the future running back contracts and will running back contracts 10 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,600 ever exceed to the $20 million mark? 11 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,680 We're going to talk about all about this. 12 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:31,080 This is a packed episode, a lot of twists and turns, but trust me, follow me. 13 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,760 I'll lead you all the way through. 14 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:38,840 I am your host, your GM, your favorite GM who still is not on the team right now. 15 00:00:38,840 --> 00:01:01,680 Kale, let's get it. 16 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:02,960 All right, folks. 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,560 So this is a little bit of a shocker. 18 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:12,160 I definitely put out that we were going to take a break just because I knew that there 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,440 really wasn't going to be anything really to talk about within these next few weeks because 20 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:21,560 this is the phase where a lot of teams, people in the front office, coaches and whatnot, 21 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,600 this is probably going to be the last time that they're going to be able to really spend 22 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:31,520 some time with family, friends, and do whatever little things that they need to do for their 23 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,280 personal life. 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:35,880 We were blindsided with the bag alert. 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,520 So with all bag alerts, we got to talk about it. 26 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,000 We have to talk about the bag alerts because why? 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,400 We value the bag alerts. 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,200 Always, always have, always will be. 29 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,360 Valuing the bag alerts. 30 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:52,360 So let's get into it. 31 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:59,560 So running back for the New England Patriots, Ramon Dre Stevenson, into a four year, $36 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,080 million extension. 33 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:07,120 $17 million is guaranteed, he'll be making $9 million a year according to SpotWrap. 34 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,400 Shout out to SpotWrap. 35 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,840 Now let's look at these stats. 36 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,560 So we look at these stats. 37 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:21,480 According to ESPN, and this is just strictly last season, he had 156 rushing attempts, 619 38 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:26,200 yards, four touchdowns, and he averaged four yards a carry. 39 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,200 Cool. 40 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:32,200 Let's go a little bit deeper and look more into the analytical side of these stats. 41 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:39,480 So according to pro football reference, he had 13 rushing attempts per game, 49.4% rushing 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:40,960 success rate. 43 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:49,880 He had 51 receiving receptions and he had 6.3 receiving yards per reception. 44 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,960 Also I forgot this one, I left this one out. 45 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,720 He had 74.5% catching percentage. 46 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,280 And that was strictly for last season. 47 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:06,760 When you look at Ramon Dre Stevenson, Ramon Dre Stevenson is in a situation where if we're 48 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,840 being real, he probably could have hit free agency, but who was to say he would have been 49 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:18,600 offered a contract that is similar to what the Patriots are offering. 50 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:24,680 One can basically say at this point that he is their best running back. 51 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:25,680 Let's face it, folks. 52 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:32,240 There are certain teams in the league who they value certain positions more than others. 53 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:37,320 There are some teams who they value receivers more. 54 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,320 They're running backs. 55 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,600 There are some teams that value running backs over tight ends. 56 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,600 It just really depends on what team it is. 57 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:53,000 And this probably opens up to a more broader conversation as a whole. 58 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,440 When Ramon Dre Stevenson getting paid, the money that he get paid, when you first look 59 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,680 at the numbers, you're probably thinking, oh man, that's a crazy deal. 60 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,120 But when you really break it down, he's not making a whole lot of money. 61 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,880 He's only making 9 million a year, which I mean, you know, that's still pretty good 62 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:12,760 money, but you would think by now at this point with the league making as much money 63 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,480 as they're making that the running back market would sort of catch up just a little bit. 64 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,640 Not a whole lot, but just a little bit. 65 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:25,040 And clearly it hasn't in its shows because when you look at it, for instance, you know, 66 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,720 the receiver market blew up over, you know, this off season. 67 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,320 The offensive line market blew up just a little bit, not a whole lot, but just a little bit. 68 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,640 But I think it's going to blow up, you know, probably next year. 69 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:36,640 Probably, I don't know. 70 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:37,640 I'm just a GM. 71 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:38,960 We'll figure that out. 72 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,120 But that's another that's going to be that's going to be episode in itself. 73 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,120 Okay. 74 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,120 I'm giving you heads up right now. 75 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:49,960 There's going to be one episode is going to be dedicated to all, you know, future predictions 76 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,160 for certain positions and whatnot. 77 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,160 That's going to be a few episodes. 78 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,680 I don't know if it's going to be the next one. 79 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,240 I don't know if people figure it out now back to the running backs. 80 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,240 Okay. 81 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,120 Um, running backs, you know, as a whole, even when you look at their franchise tag, it's 82 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,000 not even worth a whole lot of money. 83 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,520 Like everybody else's franchise tag has gone up, you know, substantially to a good amount. 84 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:16,480 You know, some, some franchise tags, you know, numbers are a little bit more than others, 85 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,880 but everyone's has gone up just a little bit. 86 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:26,400 And you know, what you're seeing is, you know, the league will not really the league, but 87 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:32,400 GM's as a whole, you know, continue to say that, you know, they quote unquote air quotes, 88 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,520 big air quotes that they don't value the running back market. 89 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,440 Even though that is a lie, you know, when you look at the recent, you know, running 90 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:47,000 back signings, you look at Christian McCaffrey's deal, you got to look at Seyquan's deal. 91 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,200 You got to look at Jonathan Taylor's deal. 92 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:55,720 There are teams that are still willing to be the outliers and pay the running back market. 93 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,440 Now are they going to pay them, you know, a boatload of money? 94 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,560 No, but is it going to be a substantial amount of money for running back? 95 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:04,960 Yes, it is. 96 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:05,960 Right. 97 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:11,320 And so, you know, in this before, okay, you know what this will do. 98 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:15,920 Before we can talk about the present, we have to talk about the past, right? 99 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,960 Because sometimes the past can, you know, answer the questions of the present and the 100 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,960 future. 101 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:22,960 Right. 102 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:23,960 That's a good quote right there. 103 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,680 I'm going to keep that in my back pocket. 104 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,880 When you look at past running back contracts, right? 105 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:35,160 The main three contracts that everybody talks about and they even do it for me every single 106 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,800 time I'm running back, it's sign is Levy on bells, Todd Gurley's and Zeke's. 107 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:41,800 Right. 108 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:48,960 Those three, those three, those three contracts are contracts that were just completely bad, 109 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,480 you know, from the moment that they were announced in the moment that they were signed, they 110 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,480 just bad contracts and we're going to talk about it right now. 111 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,520 So we look at Levy on's deal when he signed with the jets, right? 112 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:04,600 He inked a four year, 52 million dollar deal, you know, at that time that was a lot of money. 113 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,560 And so he got a $8 million signing bonus. 114 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,800 He was guaranteed $27 million at signing. 115 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:16,720 He had $27 million of total guarantees and he was making $13.2 million a year. 116 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:17,720 Right. 117 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,800 When you look at Todd Gurley's deal when he was with, you know, when he was still with 118 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:29,360 the Rams, he ain't a four year, 57.5 million dollar deal, a $21 million signing bonus, $21.9 119 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:35,040 million was guaranteed at signing $45 million in total guarantees and he was making $14.3 120 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,440 million a year. 121 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:37,440 Right. 122 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:38,440 He had Zeke's. 123 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:43,280 Now the only thing with Zeke's, it's a little bit weird because he was still on his rookie 124 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,240 deal and I think he still had, I think two years left on his deal, on his rookie deal 125 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:52,280 before, you know, they could start doing any of those things, but that's another story 126 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,280 for another day. 127 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,280 Right. 128 00:07:54,280 --> 00:08:00,840 With his deal, six years, $90 million, $7.5 million signing bonus, $28 million guarantee 129 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:05,680 that signing $50 million in total guarantees and he was making $15 million a year. 130 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:10,880 Now, when you look at those numbers, those are some pretty crazy numbers at that time, 131 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:16,560 you know, for running max because at that time, the league was still paying, you know, 132 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:23,240 those type of running backs a high amount of money because you had, you know, these, 133 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,960 these three running backs who their skill set was just amazing and every single time 134 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,960 that they got the ball, it just seemed like they always made magic, especially with Levy 135 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,120 on and talker. 136 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:34,120 Right. 137 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,200 And so, you know, they definitely fought tooth and nail for their deals and they finally 138 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,320 got them. 139 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,920 But the problem is, is that when they got the deals in some ways, it messed up the running 140 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:50,120 back market because for that period from, from the time that they got those deals up 141 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:55,120 until now, there wasn't a lot of running backs that were getting paid, you know, cuckoo 142 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,280 for cocoa puffs type of money. 143 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,160 They weren't, they were getting, you know, dined and nickeled a little bit. 144 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,280 They were getting, you know, the seven or eight million dollars a year, which I mean, 145 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,080 that still is good money. 146 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:12,600 However, you know, when you look at all the other positions, you know, on a team, both 147 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:18,160 offensively and defensively running backs is probably the, the one position where they 148 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,160 not really making a whole lot of money, you know, and it also doesn't help that their 149 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:28,480 shelf life is not as long as a receiver, a tight end, an offense alignment, a quarterback, 150 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:29,960 a corner, a detackle. 151 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:35,680 It's not a majority of their prime years is used up where in college. 152 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:40,520 So by the time that they get into the league, they got so much wear and tear on their bodies 153 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,200 that it's just like, oh, I don't know. 154 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,680 I don't know if we can give them a second deal. 155 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,680 I don't know if we want to give them a third deal. 156 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:51,480 Now of course there are running backs, you know, that are outliers in those situations, 157 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:57,600 but for the majority, a lot of running backs don't see a third or fourth contract. 158 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,640 It's rare. 159 00:09:58,640 --> 00:09:59,640 It's very rare. 160 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:04,800 The first thing I could think of right now, who was still getting contracts, you know, 161 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,600 even as he got older was Adrian Peterson, right? 162 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,880 Because even though Adrian Peterson didn't have, you know, that sort of explosive speed 163 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,760 that he used to have when he was younger, guess what? 164 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,560 He still had that power. 165 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,920 He could still run up the middle, truck you over, run you over, run two or three people 166 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,520 over and get you a first down and more, right? 167 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:30,640 Now what you see is, you know, someone like a Christian McCaffrey, I wouldn't be surprised 168 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,200 if this is, if he gets maybe one more extension. 169 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:39,040 I wouldn't be surprised just because of he can, you know, double as a slot receiver and 170 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,240 he's also receiving back. 171 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,240 I wouldn't be surprised. 172 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,360 I just wouldn't. 173 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:51,160 And so, you know, what you see is teams, you know, are going to fight a little bit harder 174 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:55,440 when it comes to giving, you know, extensions. 175 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:56,800 They're going to do that. 176 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Okay. 177 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,840 Case in point with Alvin Camero right now. 178 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:05,240 He's, he's in, he's not, I wouldn't say he's holding out, but you know, he wants more money 179 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:06,240 because why? 180 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,720 He's, you know, one of the best running backs in the league right now. 181 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:15,920 He is and he plays a very pivotal role on that Saints offense. 182 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:17,640 It's not the receivers. 183 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,120 It's not Taysom Hill. 184 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:20,560 It's Alvin Camero. 185 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:21,560 Okay. 186 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:25,600 Without Alvin Camero, that offense does not run the right way. 187 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:26,800 It just doesn't. 188 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,640 And so he feels like he wants to be compensated. 189 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,240 Just how, you know, like Christian McCaffrey got compensated. 190 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:38,000 Now, do I think he will get anything close to what Christian McCaffrey got? 191 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Possibly. 192 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:46,240 It may not be 19, but I wouldn't be surprised if he get maybe, you know, 18.5, 18.9 or they'll 193 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,480 try to, they're not going to get to 19, but they're going to try to get as close as they 194 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,800 can to 19, right? 195 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,560 And so, you know, I say all that to say this, right? 196 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:01,120 Now, you know, going, you know, full circle and everything, when you look at those past 197 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,960 contracts, those were, those were, you know, really bad. 198 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,000 But when you look at the recent contracts, you know, for running backs, look at Christian 199 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,240 McCaffrey's deal, right? 200 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:15,800 He ain't a two year, 38 million dollar extension with the Niners, 14.2 million dollar signing 201 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:20,880 bonus, 24 million guaranteed at signing 24 million in total guarantees, he's making 202 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:22,640 19 million a year, right? 203 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,480 We look at Saquon when he signed with the Eagles, right? 204 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:30,280 He ain't a three year, 37.7 million dollar deal, right? 205 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:36,840 11.6 million dollar signing bonus, 26 million guaranteed at signing 26 million in total 206 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,760 guarantees, 12.5 million a year. 207 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,920 When you look at Jonathan Taylor's extension to stay with the Colts, right? 208 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:51,800 Three years, 42 million dollars, 10.2 million dollar signing bonus, 19.3 million guaranteed 209 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:58,200 at signing 26.5 million in total guarantees, 14 million a year, right? 210 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:04,800 Those three, those three running backs alone are what you would classify as the outliers 211 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:10,480 of the running back market because of their skillset and how much of a pivotal role that 212 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,240 they play on that offense, right? 213 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:18,720 And so, you know, when you have those type of players, of course they're going to demand 214 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:19,720 a lot of money. 215 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:24,120 But when you look at, you know, the free agency running back market next year, right? 216 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:29,080 For instance, you have James Conner, Aaron Jones and Nick Chubb just to name a few, right? 217 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:35,040 When you look at their deals that they got recently, James Conner, three years, 21 million, 218 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:40,200 six million dollar signing bonus, 13.5 million guaranteed at signing, seven million a year. 219 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:46,160 I mean, look at Aaron Jones' deal when he signed with the Vikings one year, seven million 220 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,160 dollars, right? 221 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:53,320 Four million dollar signing bonus, seven million guaranteed at signing, seven million a year. 222 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:58,600 Nick Chubb, that situation is a little bit more unique in itself because that was sort 223 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:04,480 of a restructure simply because they wanted to get some money back, you know, with the 224 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,160 injury that he had last season and whatnot. 225 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,360 That's a weird situation in itself as well. 226 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:17,840 His was a one year, two point two million dollar quote unquote extension, nine hundred 227 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:22,400 twenty five million, nine hundred twenty five thousand dollar signing bonus, nine hundred 228 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:28,240 twenty five guaranteed at signing two point twenty seven million a year, right? 229 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,640 So there's tears, there's levels to this thing, right? 230 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:36,520 You have your, you know, you have the big fish, Christian McCaffrey, Seguin Barclays, 231 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,120 Jonathan Taylor's, you know, Alvin Cameras of the world, then you have the Nick Chubbs, 232 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,520 the Aaron Jones, the James Cones of the world, and then you have, you know, everybody else, 233 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:46,520 right? 234 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:51,720 If we're being real here, if we're really, really, really, really being real here, the 235 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:58,800 running back market in my mind is probably not going, well, no, it probably will. 236 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:03,040 It is probably going to crest that 20, that 20 million mark. 237 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:09,320 There is going to be a team that they're going to be so desperate in landing a certain type 238 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:15,440 of running back that they will be willing, willing to hit that 20 million dollar mark. 239 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,080 Now do I know who the running back is? 240 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,080 Do I know who the team is? 241 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:22,960 No, I don't because I don't have a crystal ball right in front of me, but I can guarantee 242 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,880 you this. 243 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:30,860 If Christian McCaffrey still wants to play and he is still playing at an elite level 244 00:15:30,860 --> 00:15:36,920 two years from now, I guarantee you he will hit that 20 dollar mark. 245 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:44,320 I guarantee you it's either going to be him, Alvin Camara, or is there anybody else I can 246 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:45,320 think of? 247 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:46,320 Anybody else? 248 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:51,080 No, I think those are probably the only two right now that I could think of that can, you 249 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,000 know, hit that mark. 250 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:58,160 And even then, you know, when we look at this thing a little bit deeper, right? 251 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:04,080 When you look at the majority of playoff teams, what do they all have in common? 252 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,560 I'll let you think about it for a second. 253 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,640 Better yet, I'll just give you the answer. 254 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,040 They all value the running back. 255 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:17,040 Now, some of the teams value the running back position a little bit more than others, but 256 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,240 they all value the running back in some position. 257 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,680 I mean, in some way, right? 258 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:27,280 You look at the 49ers, Christian McCaffrey, you look at the Dolphins, they got Raheem 259 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,960 Mostard, David N'Chain, and they just drafted somebody else. 260 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,760 We look at the Eagles, they got Saquon. 261 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,320 When you look at the Ravens, they got, you know, Derek Henry, and then they also have 262 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,320 Keaton Mitchell and whatnot. 263 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,960 When you look at the Chiefs, they still have Isaiah Pacheco, and I think they have Clyde 264 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,680 Elmer-Teller as well. 265 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:54,480 So you cannot tell me at this point, at this juncture, that teams do not value the running 266 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,080 back as a whole. 267 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,480 You cannot tell me. 268 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:04,360 When the Super Bowl teams have a, you know, above average to an elite running back on 269 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:06,440 their team, you just can't tell me that. 270 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:11,320 Now there are some, you know, some playoff teams that have the one-two punch, you know, 271 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:16,120 combination with running backs, and then there's, you know, then there's some who, they don't 272 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:17,120 need that. 273 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:21,040 They have, you know, the primary back, you know, they have the guy, you know, at the 274 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,040 running back position. 275 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,400 But, you know, I say all that to say this, and I'll probably just end it right here. 276 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,240 I didn't want to really, you know, stretch this thing out, you know, too long dealing 277 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,360 and make a long and drawn out episode that just doesn't make any sense. 278 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:38,800 But I will say this, you know, and this will be my final statement. 279 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:46,560 The running back market has to get properly compensated for the things that they do weekend 280 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,960 and week out. 281 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:55,800 You cannot tell me, nor can you show me a team or a highlight where basically there's 282 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,600 not the running back doing something crazy. 283 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:04,440 They're not, you know, going off for 30 yards untouched or a crazy juke move or they make, 284 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,040 you know, the game winning touchdown or something like that. 285 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,480 You can't tell me that. 286 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,480 You can't. 287 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,320 And it shows with history in the NFL. 288 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:18,520 Some of the greatest football players that we all know and love are what running backs 289 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:25,640 Barry Sanders, the Damian Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Jerome Betis, right? 290 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:30,440 Emmett Smith, all of those guys, Walter Payton, right? 291 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:37,840 There is a clear cut, you know, path that shows that the running back market is very 292 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,320 influential in the league. 293 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:46,560 It's just you have GMs who are, you know, I wouldn't say cheap, but they just value 294 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,440 certain positions more than others. 295 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:54,840 And you know, the league cycle, as I call it, are in a phase where you have to have 296 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,200 the, you have to have the receiver. 297 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,760 If you don't have the number one receiver and if you don't have a, you know, a crazy 298 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:04,720 skilled quarterback and you don't have nothing, but you're going to see that phase start to 299 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:09,440 wane off a little bit, especially with this upcoming draft where it's going to be defensive 300 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,440 driven. 301 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,560 Teams are going to want to value running backs more, right? 302 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,240 So we'll leave it right there. 303 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,080 That's going to be a bigger topic for another time. 304 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,080 Thank you guys so much for listening to this quick little episode of football's junkies 305 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