It may feel a little gluttonous to ask, after these last two weeks, what might happen next in the NFL, but there are still too many loose ends around the league remaining for the whole operation to go dark. Another wave of transactions could be coming before the draft, which gives us an opportunity to address some of the tidbits that were reported before Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams and the rest turned the NFL sideways—stories that, at the time, felt like earth-shattering news comparatively.
Specifically, there were reports of both Saquon Barkley and Christian McCaffrey potentially being dealt. Both of the players could be on the move, and from a broad perspective, it seems like the kind of asset dumping we would normally praise as a football community. Running backs are among the most overvalued assets in recent NFL history, and general managers who have spent significant capital at the position—Les Snead (Todd Gurley), Jerry Jones (Ezekiel Elliott), Tom Telesco (Melvin Gordon), Dave Gettleman (Barkley)—have largely regretted doing so.
But what if we told you that was about to change, at least slightly, at least for a little while?
