The deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign long-term extensions came and went Monday afternoon, and the fallout has been significant. Several star running backs, including Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs have yet to get long-term deals despite arguably being the best players on their respective rosters.
Paying tailbacks has never been a high priority for NFL teams and few players know that better than Le’Veon Bell, who somehow compared the current situation to a Disney movie.
“Disney a LONG time ago (1998) taught me a valuable lesson about sticking together, go watch ‘A Bug’s Life’ … it’ll put in perspective the running back market .. the running backs are the ants .. I’m Flik (The Inventive Ant) I took ALL the damage from the grasshoppers (Owners),” Bell wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “At the time, no one could see my vision or what I was standing for but all I was doing was just preparing to go against the grasshoppers/owners .. but as a lone inventive ant/RB, I obviously couldn’t beat the grasshoppers/owners alone ..
